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NYPD recruitment strategies and reducing college credit requirements
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Council Member Holden and Commissioner Tisch discuss NYPD recruitment strategies, focusing on the recent change to lower college credit requirements for applicants. They explore the possibility of replacing college credits with extended police academy training to improve recruitment.
- Commissioner Tisch views the recent credit requirement changes as a first step, not necessarily the final one
- The NYPD plans to gather a year's worth of data on hiring before making additional changes to eligibility requirements
- Both agree on the importance of hiring more NYPD members as an investment in the city's future
Robert F. Holden
1:12:01
Okay.
1:12:03
Again, thank you for the great testimony once again, and I have the pleasure of working with you as when you would do it, commissioner, and with sanitation, and now police commissioner.
1:12:13
I must say it's you're consistent in in the way you organize, the way you lay out a plan that I think most people can get behind.
1:12:25
And, you know, just in recruiting, and we know that how difficult it is.
1:12:31
Your your idea of less credits, college credits is great.
1:12:36
Could we also do something where we could, instead of even college credits and I'm a I was a college professor for forty years, so not like I'm not saying not go to college, but can we give them training, more training in the academy, in the police academy instead?
1:12:52
And you mentioned something to that effect, but can we instead of any college, let's say, any college credits, which may be an obstacle for some, could we give them extra training?
Jessica Tisch
1:13:03
That is definitely something that we are assessing,
Hadeel Mishal
1:13:10
meaning
Jessica Tisch
1:13:13
striking the balance between how many credits earned at the academy and how many credits are required to come in and take the job.
1:13:22
I see what we just did in terms of increasing the academy credits and decreasing the number that are required to take the job as a first step.
1:13:32
It doesn't mean it's the final step.
1:13:35
I'd like to get basically a year's worth of data and see how our hiring goes before we make additional changes to eligibility.
1:13:47
But one thing is very clear.
1:13:49
New York City needs to hire more members of the New York City Police Department.
1:13:55
It is an important investment for us now.
1:13:58
But it's also an important investment in our future.