NEW YORK, NY — The NYPD swore in 1,000 new recruits on Wednesday, bolstering its ranks after a year of heavy attrition rate — but the city’s biggest police union says the department is still not doing enough to stem the tidal wave of retirements within the current rank-and-file this year.
The latest crop of recruits that Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch installed at the Police Academy in College Point on Dec. 17 will officially become officers within about six months. Including the new crop, the NYPD has hired 4,000 officers this year — the highest number on record, according to the department.
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