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NOPD Closes Out September with Highest Number of New Recruit Applicants Since Early 2015

by Tyler Gamble

October 5, 2016

Categories: Announcement

Topics: Recruitment

NOPD Closes Out September with Highest Number of New Recruit Applicants Since Early 2015

This September, the NOPD received the highest number of new police recruit applications since early 2015. 

A total of 440 new applications were received this September compared to 216 in September 2015. It's also the highest number of applications received since May 2015, when the NOPD saw a total of 469 applications. The department has received a total of 3,341 applications year-to-date in 2016. 

This year, the NOPD has a goal of hiring 150 new police recruits. The NOPD launched Class #176 in May with 39 recruits, the largest class to start training at the NOPD Training Academy since the recruitment campaign kicked off in 2013. Class #177 launched in July with 32 recruits. A third class is scheduled to begin training at the end of October. A tota lof 20 recruits have already been hired for that class.