The NYPD and Police Foundation held on Wednesday the largest job fair for its summer youth program, showcasing the variety of careers available within the department and other ventures.
Photo courtesy of the NYPD
The NYPD and the NYC Police Foundation, a non-profit that aims to bring the community and cops together, held their summer youth job program on Wednesday that proved to be the biggest in the department’s history.
The NYPD capped off what it cited as its most successful summer youth program ever on Aug. 9 at the Police Academy in College Point—located at 130-30 28th Ave.in Queens—inviting a record-setting number of youth participants to a career day.
About a 1,000 young people were selected by community groups from high-crime areas of the city and partnered with the NYPD for summer internships, including those who are wheelchair bound, hard of hearing, and have vision loss. Both the NYPD and the local groups who picked the youth say they are hopeful that the cops and kids will be able to learn from one another and, in turn, help lower crime rates in the future.
With the summer coming to an end, the NYPD celebrated the success of the program by hosting more than 60 companies and businesses to engage the youngsters as their future career paths.
“Nothing is more important than investing in young people,” Executive Director of the Police Foundation Gregg Roberts said, explaining that the nonprofit helped bring the corporations to the fair. “We have tremendous partners that range from Montefiore Hospital to Bank of America that not only work at Career Day but work with us year round to really give young people opportunities.”
Roberts told amNewYork Metro that he believes, with the help of the employers, the youth will build connections and have long-term pathways to create opportunities.
It wasn’t all business, however. Those in attendance were also treated to up close and personal experiences with some specialized NYPD personnel that…
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