NYPD commish Jessica Tisch vows to bring back 1.5-mile timed run, reduces college requirements to beef up force in ‘crisis’
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the department is desperate to fill its ranks after unprecedented dips in new cops in ...
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch says department is lowering college credit requirement from 60 to 24 for new recruits
In 2023, more than 2,200 potential candidates had to be rejected because they couldn't meet the college requirement, NYPD ...
NYPD, in need of police officers, considers lowering college requirement, sources say
The New York City Police Department is considering lowering the college credit requirement to become a police officer as a ...
N.Y.P.D. Lowers Education Standards as Recruitment Falters
But the department will bring back a requirement that officers pass a timed-run test of 1.5 miles, Commissioner Jessica Tisch ...
NYPD reduces college credit requirement for new recruits, reinstates training run
The training run requirement, which was needed to graduate, was relaxed in 2023 when then NYPD Chief of Training Juanita ...
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In recruiting effort, NYPD lowers college credit requirement for Police Academy entry
The plan reduces the number of college credits needed to enter the NYPD’s Police Academy, increases the number ... The NYPD said the move is meant to ensure new officers meet the physical ...
NYPD lowers college credit requirement to address hiring crisis
Effective immediately, the prerequisite requirement to enter the police academy will drop from 60 to 24 college credits, ...
NYPD lowers college requirements amid hiring crisis
In the wake of a hiring crisis, the NYPD is reducing its college credit requirement and reinstating physical tests for new recruits, Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced ...
New York Police Change Standards to Help Solve 'Hiring Crisis'
The nation's largest police force is facing a "hiring crisis" and will lower college credit requirements to boost recruitment ...
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New York Police Change Standards to Help Solve 'Hiring Crisis'
New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch speaks ... "Currently, the NYPD requires at least 60 college credits to enter the Academy," she said, adding that "in 2023, this requirement led ...