The Nassau County Police Department swore in 200 new police recruits on Oct. 16 at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in East Garden City, its largest recruiting class in 20 years, officials said.
Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano led the swearing in process in which the new recruits raised their right hands and were officially accepted into the ranks of the police department.
“It is my honor to swear in our new police recruits, as well as our deputy sheriffs,” Mangano said.
Some 188 of the recruits will become Nassau County police officers and eight more will join the Nassau County Sheriff’s Department.
The recruits will undergo a seven-month training program before they begin patrolling Nassau County streets in the Spring of 2016.
Acting Nassau County Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpter warned the recruits that the training process would not be easy.
“Over the next six months you will undergo extensive, and at times, extremely exhausting training. The curriculum has been carefully designed to prepare you for your duties as a police officer and sheriff,” Krumpter said. “There is hard work and personal sacrifice that will earn you the right and privilege to wear the shield of the Nassau County Police Department.”
“On behalf of the Nassau County Police Department, I offer each of you our sincerest congratulations and best wishes for your success in the police academy,” he added. “Make us proud.”
About 120 officers retired from the police department this year, officials said, and are expecting more in the upcoming months.
