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Yesterday, Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Kelly heralded the new group of police officers to graduate from the Police Academy. And this was the most diverse class. Here are some stats from the city:
Of today's graduates, approximately 28% of the graduates are Hispanic, 17% are black, 8% are Asian, 1% are other ethnicities, and 46% are white. Approximately 18% of the graduates are female. Among today's class, 23% have received four-year college degrees; 17% have completed associates degrees; and 13 individuals have earned Master's degrees. Nearly 90% of the class has had some college education.And one of the graduates was Joel Witriol, the first Hasidic cop. The Post was so excited about Witriol that he graced a July cover ("NYPD JEW") - only to have egg on its face after learning that Witriol was short some credits and wouldn't be graduating with the summer class. Yesterday, Witriol, who is also the third Hasidic police officer in the country, told the Post that he's not sure what he wants to do in the NYPD - his first assignment is the New Year's Eve night shift.
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Perhaps our friend Joel Witriol can help usher in the age of bagels and kick the donut habit the NYPD is suffering from.
you guys know this is the first signs of the end is coming!
next thing you know the Amish joins the main stream. and than ice caps melt......
Something about the education numbers seems a bit off. According to the report, 23% of the recruits have a 4-year degree, 17% a 2-year degree, and 90% have some college-level education. What that also means is that half of the recruits continued their educations after high school but didn't get any sort of degree. One interpretation is that these recruits didn't show much in terms of diligence, attending higher education but not sticking with it long enough to obtain any degree. Now, there are other possible explanations, for example financial problems, or attendance at non-degree certificate programs, but it's still worth some consideration especially given concerns that the NYPD has lowered its standards too far.
Sounds straight out of a 70's parody...
That's correct number four.
I know of 2 guys that couldn't cut it or stuck with college and went on to become cops. In fact, one is gonna retire in a couple years at age 42.
I also know of one guy who's retiring bout the same age who's going back to school to get a degree because he hates being a cop.
Both are in for twenty and out. One is a good guy the other an assholio.
When is Shake Shack going to reopen?
Has the NYPD really lowered their standards? It seems to me that they're raised them in the past decade. I remember the "Dirty Thirty" 30th precinct corruption case in Harlem where more than 2 dozen cops were charged with shaking down drug dealers and selling the drugs themselves. I recall that more than a few of those dirty cops only had a GED in lieu of a high school diploma.
I believe that NYPD recruits now need college credits or military experience as a pre-requisite. Does anyone have any further information about this?
i believe you need to have had 60 college credits to join the force, or military experience - that's why so many graduates have credits but not degrees.
my brother is finishing up his masters in international relations and has a degree in computer science from johns hopkins university. he is one of the officers who just graduated from the academy on the 26th.
according to him, the police academy was no walk in the park, academically or otherwise. and as of this year, the academy is also the only big city institution that is an "accredited" law enforcement academy, and only the third municipal academy to gain this recognition in the nation. this new recognition was much celebrated at the graduation ceremony; i guess it's a pretty big deal.
Half of all people who enter college drop out. So, there are lots of em out there.