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Large NYPD academy class a sign of resurgence, Commissioner Jessica Tisch tells recruits

Months after warning of a recruitment crisis, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch is touting a surge in new recruits to the ...

NYPD welcomes nearly 1,100 recruits to academy — largest class in almost a decade

The 1,093-person class is the biggest group to enter the academy since 2016, and breaks the record for the largest band of ...

Wife of slain NYPD Officer Didarul Islam gives birth to their third son

The wife of slain New York Police Officer Didarul Islam, one of five people fatally shot at a midtown Manhattan high-rise ...
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NYPD officer told himself 'I'm done' after illegally choking man, Bronx prosecutors say

A Bronx judge has ruled that recorded statements an NYPD officer made to himself while alone in his patrol car moments after ...
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Investigators working to identify skeletal remains of woman found on Jackie Robinson Parkway: NYPD

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help in providing information regarding the identification of human skeletal remains that ...

Slain NYPD detective's 3rd son is born weeks after Manhattan office shooting

NYPD Detective Didarul Islam's widow Jamila gave birth to the couple's third son, Arham, the department shared on social ...

NYPD warns of new phone scam impersonating Crimestoppers number

A new phone scam on police radars may catch unsuspecting New Yorkers off guard. The NYPD is warning residents to be wary of a ...

Moped-riding perp shot dead after pulling gun on NYPD cop during robbery was an illegal migrant involved in three other thefts

Lahione Soto, of the Dominican Republic, died after he was shot by the cop outside a residential building in Washington ...

NYPD welcomes 1,093 new recruits to academy, largest class in nearly decade

This is proof that people want to be cops again,” Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said as she looked over the massive crowd of 1,093 recruits. “It shows that this profession ...