The NYPD has reduced the number of college credits required to join the force, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced Wednesday. Incoming recruits only need 24 college credits, a steep drop ...

New York’s Finest’s often spotty responses to 311 calls will be tracked under a new NYPD “quality of life” crackdown, police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Tuesday. Many quality of life ...

The number of detectives in the NYPD has dropped below 5,000 for the first time since the pandemic – and union leaders warn that 1,600 more gumshoes could retire by the end of the year ...

A new federal lawsuit claims the NYPD License Division’s “excessive, unreasonable, and unjustifiable delays” in handling firearm permit applications are a violation of New Yorkers’ Second ...

A person was shot by NYPD officers who were apparently trying to break up a fight in Brooklyn Wednesday afternoon, police said, stressing the preliminary nature of the investigation. A report of ...

The NYPD cruiser appears to swerve away from the other vehicle, but crashes into the store front of 109 Victory Blvd. The footage was posted online by an individual claiming to be the child of the ...

The retired NYPD lieutenant who has accused former Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey of coercing her into sex filed a complaint with Internal Affairs Monday over two leaked nude videos of her ...

In an effort to address a “hiring crisis,” the NYPD is rolling out a three-part plan aimed at recruiting more candidates and modernizing education requirements, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch ...

Detective Melissa Mercado of NYPD's Special Victims Division was pulled from active investigations after appearing in a controversial rap video by S-Quire. The video, seen as degrading to women ...

NYPD detective Melissa Mercado went viral after appearing in rapper S-Quire's risque music video. It's stirred new controversy and invited officials' criticism. NYPD’s special victims unit ...

At the same time it is reducing college credits for incoming recruits to 24, the NYPD also plans to prioritize fitness at the academy and reinstate a 1.5-mile training run requirement. Hundreds of ...