Yonkers Police Department Swears In 20 New Members

YONKERS, N.Y. – Twenty recruits were handed their badges Thursday and welcomed to the Yonkers Police Department.

The Yonkers Police Department swore in 20 new officers Thursday during a ceremony at the Riverfront Library.
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by Matt Bultman

01/03/2013 6:00 p.m.

Nineteen men and one woman were sworn in as probationary members of the department during a ceremony led by Mayor Mike Spano and Police Commissioner Charles Gardner inside the Yonkers Riverfront Library.

The recruits will now head off to the Westchester Police Academy in Valhalla for nearly half a year’s worth of training. After that, they will undergo another month of training with the Yonkers Police Department before heading out to the streets.

Police said the recruits are being hired to fill empty spots and projected vacancies within the department’s 602 member force.

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