IN THE NEWS---FINEST IN TRAINING--NYPD WELCOMES NEARLY, 1,100 RECUITS TO ACADEMY--LARGEST CLASS IN ALMOST A DECADE

The NYPD welcomed nearly 1,100 new recruits to its police academy on Wednesday — the largest Finest-in-training contingent sworn in by the department in nearly a decade.  The 1,093-strong class is the biggest group to enter the academy since 2016,  and breaks the record for the largest band of NYPD recruits hired during Mayor Eric Adams’ administration — last set back in January, when 1,045 cops-in-training joined the ranks. MORE AT NYPD welcomes nearly 1,100 recruits to academy – largest class in almost a decade