This is the fourth class to enter the police academy this year, for a total of more than 4,000 people joining the department in 2025.

The department swore in 1,143 new recruits Wednesday, bringing the total NYPD headcount to more than 34,700 officers. That figure represents the highest staffing level since May 2022 and moves the department closer to its goal of reaching 35,000 officers by next fall.

The wife of former NYPD Commissioner Thomas Donlon claims she was arrested for no reason due to her husband’s feud with police brass.

A former NYPD officer who left a man paralyzed after shooting him during a road rage incident in Voorhees has been sentenced 10 years in state prison. Hieu Tran, 28, of Yonkers, New York, will have to serve at least eight years, six months before he is eligible for parole. He pleaded guilty to attempted murder on Nov. 5.

The NYPD is investigating two separate attacks on Jewish men within 24 hours in Brooklyn, spreading fear on the fourth day of Hanukkah.

The NYPD has hired a record-setting 4,056 officers this year, bringing the department’s headcount close to 35,000, officials said. NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch

ORANGEBURG, N.Y. - An NYPD officer is under investigation after they were allegedly involved in a crash that killed a man in Rockland County over the weekend. New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the investigation into the off-duty officer on Wednesday.

A former New York City police officer will spend a decade behind bars for a road rage shooting that left a New Jersey man paralyzed. Hieu Tran, 27, pleaded guilty on Nov. 6, 2025, to attempted murder.

The NYPD is touting a record year for hiring new officers, with more than 4,000 fresh recruits sworn in Wednesday — even as police union leaders argue a mass exodus of cops is still plaguing the department.