The latest New York City Police Academy class will put 576 new city and MTA officers on the streets and in the city’s subways. – Including second-generation executives.
Monday’s ceremony at Madison Square Garden was attended by 430 new male police officers who will wear the badge in the Big Apple and 146 new female police officers who will wear the badge, the department said.
Police said 63% of graduates call the five boroughs home, and 54 of the new students have military experience. – Incorporate 34 different languages into your beats.
Graduates include 33 Metropolitan Area Transportation Bureau employees – The transit agency said at least three people were among those who received badges from their police fathers.
Rookie police officer John Bennett is the son of Darren Bennett, an active MTA police officer who assigned the young Bennett badge number 2551. – One more than her father’s number, 2550.
John Edward Decker received his badge from his father, a retired Westchester County sergeant. Richard Decker, the newly anointed MTA police officer Ryan Zanislaw inherited from his father, Joseph Zanislaw, a retired NYPD officer.
“We are excited to welcome these officers to our force and join our team of dedicated law enforcement officers,” MTA Police Chief of Operations Thomas Tough said in a statement.
“They have demonstrated a commitment to public safety through weeks of multifaceted training, and we look forward to them starting their careers while upholding the MTA Police Department’s values of professionalism and integrity.” ,” Taffe said.
The academy requires aspiring police officers to undergo six months of rigorous training.
Mayor Eric Adams said last month that he expected to increase the number of NYPD officers to 35,000, after a period of significant decline since the pandemic began.
As of June 30 last year, 648 police officers had retired before their scheduled retirement date. This is a 22% increase compared to two years ago, when 530 people retired, and an 87% increase compared to 2020, when 347 people retired.
As of last month, the NYPD had 33,695 sworn police officers.
Meanwhile, the city’s police union praised the new class of police graduates but said city hall needs to do more to recruit and retain officers.
“These graduates will be a welcome addition to our overworked members on the streets, but we need more,” said NYPD PBA Union President Patrick Hendry.
“The NYPD remains understaffed, with hundreds of officers retiring every month, and the challenges we face grow every day,” Hendry said. “New York City must continue to focus on not only recruiting the best police officers, but also retaining the talented officers we already have.”
