Nypd exam 8131

So I applied for a job through Jobs NYC back in March (civilian analyst position with NYPD, non-competitive, no exam required) and was told that I should expect to hear back after July when the new fiscal quarter begins. Anyone have any insight to this?
I’ve been told to expect the application process to take months. My status on the smart recruiter NYC Jobs portal currently stands as “in review”. Also curious if I’ll receive a notification if ultimately not selected to be interviewed.
Thanks for reading!

So I applied for a job through Jobs NYC back in March (civilian analyst position with NYPD, non-competitive, no exam required) and was told that I should expect to hear back after July when the new fiscal quarter begins. Anyone have any insight to this?
I’ve been told to expect the application process to take months. My status on the smart recruiter NYC Jobs portal currently stands as “in review”. Also curious if I’ll receive a notification if ultimately not selected to be interviewed.
Thanks for reading!

So I applied for a job through Jobs NYC back in March (civilian analyst position with NYPD, non-competitive, no exam required) and was told that I should expect to hear back after July when the new fiscal quarter begins.
Anyone have any insight to this? I’ve been told to expect the application process to take months. My status on the smart recruiter NYC Jobs portal currently stands as “in review”. Also curious if I’ll receive a notification if ultimately not selected to be interviewed.
Thanks for reading!

Hey everyone, As the title suggest, should I consider taking the the test and potentially becoming an NYPD officer? I've seen so many reddit doom posting about why its terrible and I shouldn't do it. But i've also heard some people saying other wise, that things are starting to get better, albeit slowly. With the new contracts and the new 12/10hr shifts, is it still really that bad? I have a friend whos a NYPD officer and I ask him all the time, he doesn't think its as bad as everyone seems to make it and said that its gotten betteis getting better

If I was involved in 3 motor vehicle accidents, not at fault for each one. Does this affect process or look bad.
Also nypd physch asks on the written physchological exam to write y about your most stressful experience, you cannot leave it blank.
If I never had a stressful experience what do I write??

Shortly before a final paper with pre-assigned topics was due for one of my last courses at Columbia University, our professor sent us an email telling us to forego the previous parameters of the essay, and to instead write about the events that had occurred not even forty-eight hours earlier, as well as our reflections on them, to be done in any manner we chose. Here is a very lightly revised version of what I submitted: read it, ignore it, upvote it, downvote it, hate it, love it.
I am prefacing this essay by stating that it is the culmination of several intense emotions that I have been dealing with over the last few weeks, more specifically, the last several days. It is a free-form expression of the many things occupying my mind, and, as such, it may seem overwhelming or disjointed. Nevertheless, I will do my best to convey my feelings into something representative of my beliefs, and my time at this institution.
My time at Columbia University has been bookended in an almost comically bad way; it started with Zoom classes during the COVID-19 pandemic, and now it ends with Zoom final exams due to the lockdown of Columbia’s campus after protests regarding the Israel – Palestine conflict reached a fever pitch not just within Morningside Campus, but the international stage. My classmates and I missed in-person orientation, and now, given recent developments, we will not have a University Commencement, a fact I found out not from Columbia, but a New York Times alert, somehow lowering my opinion of this administration’s handling of recent events even more. While the circumstances around my time at Columbia have now both begun and finished in the same manner, I am proud to say that I have not. I do not mean that Columbia has simply made me a better writer, a more critical thinker, or more well read, although it certainly has done those things, sometimes forcing me to when I was not particularly in the mood to do so, but those improvements pale in comparison to the maturity and empathy my time at this university has given me.
When the decision to transition to remote learning during the Spring 2020 semester was made, occurring only a short time after I had received my acceptance letter (email), my first thought was how the pandemic would affect my transfer from community college to Columbia in September. Admittedly, this was a selfish perspective, considering the tremendous challenges that many would endure during the ensuing lockdowns and other upheavals of life. My concerns were solely focused on myself because I was on a simple track to graduate, place my degree on my resumé, and continue my trajectory of military service to college to employment, leaving little else to consideration, to include other people who were not in my immediate circle. Sitting here now, two weeks from graduation, with a job at a Fortune 500 company lined up, I should be happy, with the plans I had made years ago coming to fruition. Yet I cannot help feeling a sense of sadness and concern for the school I have spent years of my life at, and for the world as a whole.
James Hatch, a former member of the United States’s elite Naval Special Warfare Development Group, or DEVGRU, for short, more commonly known by its nickname, Seal Team Six, famous for its involvement in the killing of Osama Bin Laden and the rescue of the Maersk Alabama Captain Richard Phillips from pirates, amongst other things, spent over twenty years in the military. After being wounded on a mission to rescue American serviceman sergeant Bowe Bergdahl from enemy forces, he was medically discharged, and would eventually attend Yale University. While there, he wrote a piece titled My Semester with the Snowflakes (please give this a read, it will help people who have never been in the military understand its culture, along with some of the challenges veterans face when transitioning to college), where he details his initial discomfort with being in a vastly different environment than the military, surrounded by individuals who possessed opinions and beliefs contrary to the ones he was accustomed to. He recalls witnessing a student protest the country he spent over two decades serving by coating her hand in red paint, and leaving a palm print on an American flag, and details his shock when a classmate of his explained to him what a “safe space” was, as well as his pride when he began to understand the nuances of life both inside and outside of the nation he dedicated twenty-six years to.
I can relate to Mr. Hatch, (despite my service paling in comparison to his, as well as the fact that Columbia is far superior to Yale), because, like his friends who make fun of him for attending college with a bunch of “snowflakes,” mine do the same. More significantly, however, his personal growth during his time at school is something that I have experienced myself. When I started at Columbia, I did not even know which major I would choose, and was largely lost in a world very different than the one I had come from. Despite this, I made the decision to avoid communities such as MilVets and the students who made it very clear that they came from a military background, with their style of dress and demeanor, not because those organizations and individuals are a detriment; I know for a fact that MilVets has helped countless students succeed at Columbia and beyond, and the veterans that I have relationships with are all phenomenal people, but because I wanted to pressure myself into being exposed to something different. I was uncomfortable at first, but this turned out to be the right decision. I learned as much from simply talking to people whom I would normally never converse with about topics and ideas that I had never encountered as I did during classes about great works of art, polar and Cartesian coordinates, literature, astronomy, the list goes on.
If the protests about the Israel – Palestine conflict had occurred when I first started at Columbia, I would have been frustrated by the students taking up space, forcing us to be funneled on to campus by restricted access points and identification checks. Likely irritated by the disturbance of the quiet during finals season, I would have agreed with the people who called for students to simply focus on their assignments and stop inconveniencing others by shouting about something occurring on the other side of the world. Instead, I decided to learn about the conflict, educating myself about both sides of a war that has roots extending back millennia. While Columbia University did not agree to the demands of the protestors, they achieved something else they surely desired, reaching a goal they did not state to President Shafik and her advisors: they brought attention to their cause by educating at least one additional person about it.
After reading, talking to people, listening to input from students within various classes, and understanding that things such as the intertwined nature of financial workings, as well as conflicts not just in the Middle East, but all over the world, are a level of complexity that baffles some of the most brilliant minds of ours and previous generations, I will leave my thoughts about Israel and Palestine separate from this paper. I recognize that it is important to choose a side, as remaining impartial helps no one. However, when every news agency, group and individual makes their voice heard, satirical sources such as The Onion make these kind of posts, or Adult Swim’s Rick, the nihilistic, narcissistic, psychopathic, misanthropic lead character from the series Rick and Morty, addresses the conflict in this manner, I feel that it is better to relegate myself to a much smaller part of this debate, namely the occurrences on Columbia University’s Morningside Campus.
During basic training for the United States Army, a sense of brotherhood and camaraderie is hammered into recruits’ identities. When you graduate and are assigned to a unit, one where you could be thousands of miles from home on the opposite side of the country, or even in a completely different country, serving on one of the international bases, approaching someone who you have never met before is easy. Talking to them about shared experiences and stories you have in common, and the bonding that occurs, is the product of an indoctrination process and lifestyle that has existed longer than any of us have been alive, and is proof of its effectiveness. This sense of familiarity tends to continue even when one leaves the military. The Veterans of Foreign Wars community is a place for prior servicemembers of all conflicts to share a drink, a laugh, and sometimes a tear. When I go to the Veterans Administration Hospital for periodic check-ups or the occasional injury, men and woman wearing hats commemorating their service during Vietnam waiting for their appointments greet me with a smile and a handshake, as if we have known each other for years. While working at a golf club’s greens department before I transferred to Columbia from community college, a coworker of mine who had served in the Gulf War had heard from our supervisor that I had been in the Army, and he introduced himself to me on my first day, before anyone else, telling me that if I needed anything, I only had to ask. This camaraderie has expanded to encompass not just veterans, but first responders such as firemen, EMT’s, and the police as well.
Underneath the picture on my driver’s license, the word “veteran” is emblazoned next to a star, written in bright red text and all capital letters. I know for a fact that this one-and-a-half-inch indicator has helped me during interactions with law enforcement on multiple occasions. Only earlier this semester, during Presidents’ Day weekend, I went upstate to spend time with my family. While driving back, in an effort to make the seven-hour trip at a reasonable time, I was stopped for going twenty miles-per-hour over the speed limit. The officer who pulled me over, initially reserved, became noticeably more friendly when I handed him my license and registration. Ultimately, he gave me what amounted to a parking ticket for my actions, rather than the point-incurring, heavily fined moving violation he could have charged me with.
The ‘Thin Blue Line,’ as it is known, is a reference to the idea that the police are the barrier between law abiding citizens and criminals, order and chaos. The most common representation of this concept is a black-and-white American flag, with a single blue line in the place where a red or white stripe would normally be. This style has been expanded to include numerous other colors representing other first-responders: green for the military, red and white no longer to be interpreted as the traditional stripes of the American flag, but instead meant to represent the fire department and paramedics, and even grey for corrections officers. Seeing the appropriation of one of the most iconic symbols in the world, one that flies above the White House, schools, homes, national and international events, and even the Moon, I can say, as someone who has been unwillingly entangled within that appropriation, is nothing short of terrifying.
The fact that these entities and their supporters have literally sewn themselves into the fabric of the symbol of our nation makes one think that there is little room for the countless other occupations, aspects and people that make up this country. The idea of the police being the sole protectors of our society is patently absurd, and all one must do is point out the many instances of police brutality occurring over the years to refute it. I find myself thinking of how much power the officer who stopped me just three months ago had over me. Initially, I was happy that I had received a slap on the wrist, but recently I have found myself wondering what if my license did not state that I was a veteran, would he have charged me with a ticket that would have had much more serious implications? What if he was simply having a bad day, and he decided he did not like the look of me, or the color of my car, and I was the one who he ultimately decided to vent his frustrations on? This traffic infraction, an incredibly small incident compared to all the turmoil in the world, one that involves two strangers, supposedly bonded by our professions, on the side of a quiet, New York highway, serves as a metaphor to me, reminding me of the power structures at play on a much larger scale.
On April 22^nd, 2024, I received this email, one of the many Clery Crime Alerts that students are automatically sent. An affiliate of Columbia University had their car stolen at gunpoint by two masked men on Claremont Avenue, not even a five-minute walk from campus. I skimmed the report, and almost immediately forgot about it, recognizing that crime is an inevitability in major cities, and that I needed to start my commute to school. Days later, on the night of April 30^th, 2024, I received another email from Columbia, containing one of the most ominous messages I had ever seen, one that put the kind of fear in my heart that not even the alert of an armed carjacking could. Columbia’s Emergency Management Operations Team, offering no explanations, specifications, or even a greeting or sign-off, wrote in bold letters these three sentences: “Shelter in place for your safety due to heightened activity on the Morningside campus. Non-compliance may result in disciplinary action. Avoid the area until further notice.” Due to the protests on campus during recent weeks, President Shafik testifying before Congress, Columbia’s role as one of the main catalysts for student protests around the country, and the occupation of Hamilton Hall occurring in the earlier hours of that day, it was not hard to figure out what the email was referencing. Over the next several hours, I followed news agencies, remained glued to the Columbia subreddit, and listened to WKCR, in awe of these eighteen- to twenty-two-year-old students putting themselves at risk to deliver on the ground, accurate, unbiased coverage of one of the most significant events in the school’s history.
While tracking the events from multiple perspectives, to include the social media accounts of those near and on campus live streaming them, I held out hope that the university would make good on their promise from several days earlier to not invite the NYPD back, but a frightening picture began to unfold, one that I was intimately familiar with. One WKCR reporter stated that 114^th street had so many officers on it that he could not see the asphalt of the road beneath them, and I knew that the staging area the NYPD had chosen was one of the best routes for moving towards what the military, and presumably law enforcement, would call an ‘objective.’ The officers cleared the smaller ‘objective,’ the largely unoccupied tents in front of Butler, and then moved towards Hamilton Hall, ordering even those not associated with its occupation to disperse, raising my stress levels and likely those of others, as it is rarely a good sign when police do not want their actions recorded and archived. After the initial entry to campus and clearing of areas and people in the immediate vicinity of Hamilton Hall, came the Long-Range Acoustic Device, or LRAD, a device that makes a megaphone sound like a whisper, and one known for its crowd-control potential, capable of producing sounds loud enough to cause damage to ear-drums, nausea, and headaches, ordering individuals to clear away. The NYPD began its execution of tactics in a way that my fellow soldiers and I used to rehearse, tactics I never dreamed that I would witness outside of the military, and certainly not by police officers who vastly outnumbered unarmed students on their own campus. The NYPD created a perimeter, or a ‘second layer of security’ to both provide reinforcements for the officers entering the building, and to prevent the fleeing of what are called ‘squirters,’ or individuals who attempt to escape the building after the raid begins. While the ‘breach’ team moved towards the front doors, using tools from a ‘hooligan kit,’ such as bolt cutters, hand-held battering rams and crowbars, a siege machine was brought in to allow access from a window; when taking over a building, the idea is to enter it from as many different directions as possible to better disorient and overwhelm its occupants. Flash-bang grenades, described as non-lethal, but known to have harmful effects, were thrown inside, presumably before entering any room, hallway, or otherwise enclosed area to minimize the resistance of anyone unfortunate enough to be on the receiving end of what can only be described as an assault on the visual and auditory senses. According to the Manhattan District Attorney, one of the officers inside Hamilton Hall had what is called in the military a “negligent discharge,” meaning his firearm went off unintentionally. While no one was hurt, the question remains why at least one, and more likely, numerous other officers were carrying guns loaded with live ammunition in the first place, when they so drastically outmatched the protestors in numbers and equipment. Additionally, a negligent discharge is an act of incompetence that would result in an active-duty soldier facing serious consequences, and derision from his peers. So far, the officer remains defended by his coworkers, and unpunished by his superiors.
As all this unfolded, I communicated with my friends from the past and present. My friends from the military checked on me to ensure that I was okay, as did my friends from school. The difference in how they viewed these events highlights what I believe is the change in myself that I stated I am most proud of at the beginning of this paper. My friends from the military were commenting that the assertion of order and control by way of militarized tactics was necessary, not concerning themselves with the human toll and destruction of trust that came along with it. Conversely, my schoolmates lamented the brutality and overstepping of boundaries that the NYPD and Columbia’s administration committed, one that turned a place meant to be a beacon of free speech, expression, and ideas, into what is now a police-state with strict control over who enters it.
My education inside and outside the classroom at this institution has challenged, thrilled, and changed me. Sitting here now, at the end of this paper, the end of the semester, and the end of my time at Columbia University, I am left feeling confused and sad regarding recent events, but also hopeful for the future. I know from experience that the students, teachers, and culture of this school have the power to encourage critical thinking and initiate personal growth. If it did those things for me, surely it can do the same for others

I'm thinking about taking the civil service exam for nypd this june. I'm 23 turning 24 l don't have college credits at all and My GPA won't let me get into John Jay. Should I just go back to college and get my 60 credits studying criminal justice at BMCC then apply for the exam in 2 years. Don't know what to do. I really want to become an officer then maybe detective in the future. Any suggestions?

I have exactly 58 college credits, I understand that you need 60 to be eligible for hiring.
I had applied to NY STATE POLICE and it was the same. I ended up doing a couple of courses through an online school and got the credits (ACE credits). NYSP would not accept them and i got denied despite passing physical exam and everything else.
Does NYPD accept ace credits? Am i screwed?

"I didn’t eat my dog. I didn’t shoot my dog. I loved my dog, and my dog loved me." - Mitt Romney, piling on former South Dakota governor Kristi Noem, who did shoot her dog.

The Struggle Israel

College campuses are on edge after a clash in LA and hundreds of arrests around the country.

• Things got violent on the UCLA campus last night, in the latest sign that pro-Palestinian protests on dozens of campuses nationwide are escalating. The confrontation at UCLA was apparently sparked by pro-Israel counter-protesters who approached the barriers around a pro-Palestinian encampment, ripping down placards, tearing down barriers and shouting abuse. Fifteen people were hurt in the ensuing brawl, according to the president of the University of California, although the exact number seems to be in question. UCLA canceled classes on Wednesday. On the other side of the country, at Columbia University, NYPD cops moved into the Hamilton Hall administration building, which pro-Palestinian demonstrators had occupied the night before. Overall, more than 1,000 demonstrators have been arrested on campuses, many of whom aren’t students. That last part is a dilemma for school administrators, as they look to find ways to keep the protests from interfering with imminent commencement ceremonies and final exams. University of Chicago president Paul Alivisatos, for example, hailed the “core animating value” of free expression…while issuing a plea (warning?) to protesters to consider alternatives to an encampment. As of this writing, the U of C encampment is still growing. It shouldn’t be lost you, dear What a Day reader, that Chicago will host the Democratic National Convention later this summer.
  
• Meanwhile, in the Middle East, the home of the actual war, U.S. and Saudi officials are doing their best to talk up a massive defense pact that would normalize relations with Israel and incentivize Israel’s right-wing government to end the war in Gaza and endorse a future Palestinian state. The deal would require landing lots of political back-flips, like OK’ing advanced U.S. weapons for the Saudis, who recently have had a tendency to use them in Yemen; giving the Saudis security guarantees even against an aggressive Iran; and, maybe hardest of all, getting PM Benjamin Netanyahu (or a successor?) to endorse Palestinian statehood. Add onto all of that the likely need to get Senate treaty ratification from skeptical and divided lawmakers.
  
• In Gaza, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other negotiators are still hoping a proposed ceasefire deal can stave off Israel’s planned invasion of Rafah. As of this writing, Hamas still hasn’t responded to the offer, which would exchange the release of 33 Israeli hostages for a 40-day ceasefire and clearance for displaced Palestinians to move back north in the strip. Desperately-needed humanitarian aid is reportedly flowing more freely over the last week. Still, Jordan said two of its Gaza-bound humanitarian aid convoys were attacked by Israeli settlers as they made their way through the West Bank.
  

Disgraced former President Donald Trump called for college presidents to clear out demonstrators and “vanquish the radicals,” because the guy is just always looking for ways to escalate conflicts and harm protesters. Yes, things can get much MUCH worse.

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Under The Radar

Joe Biden may be president, but in so many ways we’re still living in disgraced former President Donald Trump’s America—or, at least, with the problems he left us. Tens of millions of American women saw their rights whipsawed today as Trump’s signature gutting of Roe v. Wade burrows in. Florida’s post-Roe abortion ban went into effect today, cutting off women from seeking most abortions after six weeks. Yes, that’s before most women realize they’re even pregnant. Here is a tragic story of a woman who tried to access abortion before Florida’s deadline only to be turned away. Fla. Governor Ron DeSantis spent the day protecting Floridians from the scourge of lab-grown meat. Meanwhile, Republicans in swing-state Arizona completed their frantic retreat from their own policy of banning abortion by passing a repeal to that state’s 1864 near-total abortion ban. Arizona’s prevailing law will be a 15-week ban once the governor signs the repeal. If you think the legislature’s contortions are gross, wait til you see Trumpist GOP Senate candidate Kari Lake, who’s been on an incoherent journey for the 1864 ban, then against it, then back again. But hey, she’s great on TV!

What Else?

The House easily passed a bill expanding the federal definition of antisemitism at the Dept. of Education. The bill is the latest flourish in Republicans’ cynical efforts to drive division and de-legitimize protests by pretending to care about antisemitism. We’ll have more to say about this grossness in tomorrow’s newsletter—and also on the What A Day podcast!
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) says she’ll charge ahead with her plan to try to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from his post next week. Greene doesn’t have the votes, since Dems have pledged to protect Johnson, which in turn would sort of prove her point to other Republicans that Johnson owes his gavel to the enemy party. As we say every day at this time: DOOOOO IT MARGE!!
A federal appeals court rejected Louisiana’s latest congressional district map that contains expanded power for Black voters to choose the candidates of their choice. It’s part of a long-running battle over Louisiana’s violations of the Voting Rights Act. Now the whole thing is likely headed to the Supreme Court, with a critical House seat in the balance.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is reupping his push to fully legalize marijuana and completely remove it from the DEA’s list of controlled substances. Schumer’s hoping to capitalize on momentum from news yesterday that the Biden Administration plans to loosen federal restrictions on marijuana.
The Biden Administration announced another $6.1 billion in student debt relief, this time for more than 315,000 attendees of Art Institutes schools that scammed students with false promises of post-study employment. The relief goes automatically to students who attended any of Art Institutes’ dozens of schools between 2004 and 2017. Hey young and young-ish voters!
The Federal Reserve declined to cut interest rates, citing concerns that “sticky” inflation was taking longer to come down than hoped. Still, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said he still expects inflation to wane, and he all but ruled out a pre-election rate hike.

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Light At The End Of The Email

The United Methodist Church, one of the largest protestant denominations in America, overwhelmingly voted to end its bans on LGBTQ clergy and same-sex marriage.
An amusingly large number of people are collecting endorsements to run for president of Iceland, after the process moved online. Eighty-two people have been put forward so far, including at least 11 whose names were entered accidentally and had no idea that someone else endorsed their candidacy.

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2 years ago I took the police entrance exam and passed and did the medical as well, however I didn't get in because I didn't have the college credits I needed and the GPA to join the academy. So I decided to go back to college and this semester is my last semester when I will graduate to get my associates and 60 college credits to be able to join the academy. However my mom thought it would be best if I ditch the academy and continue my education to get a bachelor and also to pursue a career in being a lawyer, she even has a friend who could help me. I've been thinking about it but at the same time I got an email from the nypd saying they have a class that's gonna start in July if I want to join the academy cause by that time I would've already graduate and be ready. What do you guys think I should do?

I'm thinking about taking the civil service exam for nypd this june, how is the process? I know I take the exam and wait, but how long typically is the wait and what's the order of events?
I have a clean record, 26 y.o female and this will be my first ever civil service exam I will be applying for. Thanks!
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Also, if I do get into NYPD in the future, how is the on boarding process there, I was talking about joinging with a friend and he said he didn't want to join because they usually throw new hires to patrol subway stations, is this true? lol

It has been alot going on especially tonight with the many nypd officers and the officers seemingly pushing students and all students are just focused on the protests and what’s going on so my question is how would finals work? I know finals is online but genuinely what’s the purpose of us doing finals if we’re all focused on the events and hard to even think about studying and the noise itself doesn’t help. I’m in music hum so if anyone professor tell them how finals are going to go can someone let me know? My professor has been confused and said administrators haven’t told him online is going to go. If anyone know please text me or comment on how online exams go

I took the 4307 exam again after pursuing a different career years ago. Went in for the medical exam a few days ago and they told me they’re processing me under exam 7326 because it’s technically not expired due to Covid delaying the expiration 2 years. Anyone from that exam should contact CAD by email or phone if they want to pursue the NYPD

i thought that somehow i had this impenetrable wall and i could just continue studying like nothing was happening. i naively had conviction that i could focus and do everything like always. i mean — we endured covid, how hard could some protests be?
now i realize that i actually feel like im floating around and things dont feel real. its crazy to me to study for exams when there are so many people dying, students being arrested, the looming threat of NYPD raiding our campus. seeing intolerance and friendships being destroyed. seeing how easily we fight against each other… idk.
so many important discussions are taking place. history is in the making and i am here, not being able to actually focus on studying. i mean, it feels so crazy — if i heard myself saying that in the past i’d accuse myself of making excuses.
now things don’t feel quite real.
I know a lot of people have it way worse than this but just wanted to vent a bit. is anyone feeling something similar?

Dear fellow members of the Columbia Community,
Throughout this very challenging year, we have adhered to a simple goal: to continue our academic mission while keeping campus safe and enforcing our rules fairly. That is the bedrock of every decision we make, and we are writing at this time to reiterate that thinking.
We called on NYPD to clear an encampment once, but we all share the view, based on discussions within our community and with outside experts, that to bring back the NYPD at this time would be counterproductive, further inflaming what is happening on campus, and drawing thousands to our doorstep who would threaten our community.
Having said that, we also need to continue to enforce our own rules and ensure that those who violate the norms of our community face consequences.
The last week has been a period of deep tension and division on our campus, with significant disruption to our community. Many of you are attempting to finish the term, prepare for exams, and work on your research, and the uncertainty and chaotic atmosphere of demonstrations inside our campus and just outside the perimeter has made that challenging to say the least.
We know that many of you feel threatened by the atmosphere and the language being used and have had to leave campus. That is unacceptable. Many of you also are concerned about being able to speak out for a cause you feel passionately about. That also is unacceptable. Fundamental to the research and teaching mission of our university is academic freedom and an environment free from discrimination and harassment for every member of our community.
We want to be absolutely clear. The antisemitism being expressed by some individuals is intolerable and the safety situation has become concerning, particularly with the involvement of individuals not associated with Columbia.
Chants, signs, taunts, and social media posts from our own students that mock and threaten to “kill” Jewish people are totally unacceptable, and Columbia students who are involved in such incidents will be held accountable. We can report that one individual whose vile videos have surfaced in recent days is now banned from campus.
We all agree that this situation must be resolved so that everyone can complete the semester, students can go home, and we can provide graduating students and their loved ones the celebratory commencement they deserve.
We support the conversations that are ongoing with student leaders of the encampment, under the guidance of academic leaders. Our goal is a safe resolution of this crisis. We hope to see concrete signs of progress tonight that will lead to a significant improvement in the atmosphere on our Morningside campus.
Further updates will be shared tomorrow.
Sincerely,
David Greenwald Co-Chair, Board of Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
Claire Shipman Co-Chair, Board of Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
Minouche Shafik President, Columbia University in the City of New York
Angela Olinto Provost, Columbia University in the City of New York

I received the email for the "Police Officer Initial Medical Screening" five (5) days ago on April 18th.
That same day I followed the instructions on the email and replied with my full name, exam number, list number and two dates (in order of preference) of the available dates they provided me with.
Since then, I have yet to hear back from Candidate Relations regarding the confirmation of my appointment. One of the two dates that they provided me to attend is quickly approaching (Friday, April 25th).
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Should I be patient and wait for a confirmation email?
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P.S. I have submitted all the documents (that apply to me) on the NYPD Candidate Portal.

Grew up on Long Island, father and other family members retired from NYPD, with newer generation family members serving NYPD currently. I moved out of state serving Active Duty with some Federal LEO experience, and now separating to move back to NY.
I'm currently applying for the military make-up exams, but am less familiar with the pros/cons of Westchester, Nassau & Suffolk County departments. Looking for any insight on the three if they became available options. Thanks!

I just passed my exam and know very little about this career. These are a few questions I have:
Is this a union position?
Are the benefits we receive identical to NYPD Officer benefits ?
What are the shift times ? How does shift assignments work?
Are shift switches or “mutuals” allowed ? If so what are the policies for this.
What are the policies regarding overtime? Are there any mandates etc.
Where are the offices located? (For commuting purposes) Also how is it decided which office you will work from?
What are the promotional options for someone who is finishing a bachelor or masters degree ?
How do operators feel about the work/life balance?
And lastly I am happy to hear about any other tips that will help me to be the best at this job as I can be.
Thank you in advance for answering all of my questions. I am someone who likes to plan things as much as possible and want to make sure this job will be a good fit for me.

Hi all, my current employer doesnt know im in the process for the NYPD, i just got the email from the March exam, how have you all gone about disclosing/handling that? Im fine with them speaking to them since Im a pretty good worker but I just wanted some advice on going about it. Thanks

Hello everyone, let me tell you a situation. It proves that the psychological test of the New York City Police Department is just nonsense. I know someone who has been arrested 7 times, once for fare evasion on the subway, and yet he was approved for a gun permit when he applied for one. You should know, the psychological test by the NYPD is supposed to determine if candidates are suitable for carrying firearms. Isn't this kind of double standard ridiculous? With so many people applying for CCW permits and so many being approved, it's really speechless.

does any one here have the Protest Review Session (PRS) coming?