The declines have been driven by high attrition during the pandemic, slow hiring and a $37,000 annual starting salary.

The NYPD is experiencing a “hiring crisis” not due to budget, but because of a lack of applicants, Commissioner Jessica Tisch ...

"We are getting back to the basics of policing, and that starts at the precinct-level and in the neighborhoods we serve," NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said in a statement to Newsday.

The number of NYPD school safety agents has shrunk from over 5,000 during the 2019-20 school year, to 3,600 this school year, ...

A burglary ring has been targeting pharmacies across Queens and Staten Island, hitting at least 11 stores since December. The ...

Anti-police radicals will call Tisch’s quality-of-life unit racist, abusive and illegal — the same arguments, and the ...

Comedian Tig Notaro is set to host the fifth annual awards show on March 31 in Chicago. By Paul Grein UPDATE (Feb. 27): Ira Glass, host and creator of the public radio program This American Life ...

Effective immediately, the prerequisite requirement to enter the police academy will drop from 60 to 24 college credits, ...

One must already have 45 college credits to apply to the NYPD with the understanding you will have the other credits by the time you begin the academy. In 2023, 29% of NYPD applications — or ...

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the department is desperate to fill its ranks after unprecedented dips in new cops in the Big Apple in recent years.

The plan reduces the number of college credits needed to enter the NYPD’s Police Academy, increases the number of credits earned during academy training and reinstates a timed-run requirement ...