
[Kale]
IN THE MIDST OF A HIRING CRISIS, THE NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT IS REDUCING ITS COLLEGE CREDIT REQUIREMENT … IN AN EFFORT TO BEEF UP ITS FORCE.
COMMISSIONER JESSICA TISCH ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY POLICE RECRUITS WILL NOW ONLY NEED 24 COLLEGE CREDITS TO ENTER THE POLICE ACADEMY – DOWN FROM THE PREVIOUS REQUIREMENT OF 60 CREDITS WHICH DISQUALIFIED 29 PERCENT OF N-Y-P-D APPLICANTS IN 2023.
THE NYPD SAID THE CHANGE MAKES MORE THAN 5-THOUSAND PREVIOUSLY INELIGIBLE CANDIDATES ON NEARLY 30 ACTIVE CIVIL SERVICE LISTS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY.
MEANWHILE, THE NUMBER OF COLLEGE CREDITS AWARDED FOR COMPLETING THE SIX-MONTH RECRUIT TRAINING PROGRAM AT THE POLICE ACADEMY HAS BEEN INCREASED FROM 36 TO 45.
THE ACADEMY WILL ALSO NOW FOCUS MORE ON A “PHYSICALLY FIT FORCE” BY REINSTATING A RUNNING TEST.
RECRUITS WILL BE REQUIRED TO RUN 1 AND A HALF MILES IN UNDER 14 MINUTES AND 21 SECONDS.
ACCORDING TO CITY DATA, N-Y-P-D’S FORCE HAS AROUND 34-THOUSAND OFFICERS – DOWN FROM THE 20 YEAR HIGH IN 2000 OF AROUND 40-THOUSAND.
THE NYPD IS ONE OF THE ONLY MUNICIPAL POLICE FORCES IN THE COUNTRY THAT STILL REQUIRES COLLEGE CREDITS FOR CANDIDATES.
FOR SAN, I’M KALÉ CAREY.
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