NY Police Academy Graduation Video

Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly on December 16 announced the start of construction on a 21st century police academy to train the next generation of New York’s Finest. The new NYPD Police Academy, located in College Point at the former NYPD auto pound, will consolidate training facilities for civilians, recruits and active police officers that are currently spread out across the city into one state-of-the-art campus. Construction began last week on the first phase of the project, which includes an academic building, classrooms, tactical gyms that …

It seems that training is the always the first thing that is effected in Police Work when budget cuts start to effect a Police Department.
The New York City Police Department plans to cancel a 2010 police NYPD Police Academy Class because of budget cuts.
At a City Council public safety committee meeting Tuesday, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said that there will be no police academy next January to meet the city’s mandate that the department decrease their ranks by 1,000 officers.
That would bring the head count in the nation’s largest …

The purpose of the New City Police Academy is to train and produce a basically trained Police Officer prepared to serve in the New York City Police Department. The New York City Police Academy is approximately 9 months.

Physical Training and Tactics

The Physical Training and Tactics Department continually seeks to improve the effectiveness of its training. The unit continues to refine its approach to training recruit officers on an ongoing basis. As an example, when they first entered the Police Academy, about two-thirds are unable to complete the newly instituted physical …