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

To qualify for the NYPD’s six-month training at the police academy in Flushing, recruits must complete six punishing tasks in under 4 minutes and 28 seconds, all while wearing a 14-pound ...

NYPD First Deputy Commissioner says this is how to get a better police force NYPD First Deputy Commissioner Benjamin Tucker breaks down how their department has changed it's training strategies ...

NYPD officials said the training works for them. Along with more tactical training, body cameras and a focus on non-lethal weapons, the department said its number of police involved shootings is down.

There are fundamental problems with the NYPD’s firearms training that audits of individual tragedies won’t fix, according to former firearms instructors with the police department.

NYPD Chief of Training Kenneth Corey will take over as the highest-ranking uniformed officer in the department, police officials announced Friday. Corey — who previously oversaw policing in ...

NYPD Chief of Training Kenneth Corey says the new training will help also officers involved in more run-of-the-mill situations. “While the main focus is on people in crisis,” Corey said.

The introduction of the NYPD training comes at a time when state Attorney General Letitia James has proposed legislation to change the laws on police use of deadly force, requiring it only be used ...

The NYPD has said the policy – in which police stop, question and frisk people they consider suspicious – was used to deter crime. The practice had been widely criticized.

The police department also provided new demographic data about the neighborhood safety teams, noting that the racial makeup was broadly reflective of the department as a whole. The department ...

Costumed actors perform in a dark lecture hall at the New York City Police Academy. The one-act play -- which tells the stories of Emmett Till and Anne Frank — is a new training tool the NYPD is ...