Largest NYPD graduating class since 2016 takes stage at MSG as force reverses recruiting woes : ‘A blessing to our city’

The police are out in force.

A whopping 965 new NYPD cops filed into Madison Square Garden on Wednesday for a confetti-filled police academy graduation in a hopeful sign the department is turning a corner on its persistent staffing crisis.

The class is the largest since 2016, with more than a quarter of its grads — who will soon protect and serve New York City’s diverse population — born outside the US, officials said…

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