They’re known as the class that almost wasn’t. At least that’s how it seemed for the week Mayor Michael Bloomberg deferred hiring the latest batch of New York City Police Department recruits because of uncertainty about funding. But by mid-June, 275 men and women were hitting the policy academy gym as well as the books.
Each of them had their reasons. Some saw things growing up in the city that didn’t sit well with them.
“When I used to walk around, you used to see a lot of crack vials on the …