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Justice For All: NYPD takes News 12 inside its police academy News 12 Staff Updated on: Jul 08, 2021, 2:39am News 12 cameras were given rare access to the NYPD's Police Academy in Queens. NYPD Chief Of Training Kenneth Corey tells News 12's Katie Lusso that all NYPD recruits go through six months of training at the academy before being sent out in the field. Corey says in those six months, recruits go through a total of 913 hours of training: 269 hours focused on academics, 150 hours on physical tactics, 105 hours on firearms and 28 hours on driver training.  The additional 361 hours are ...

Just a lower level on the force continuum that's evaluated by those being either using it or evaluating its use. so, myse certifications were th initial level. >> i want to ask you to explain force continuum. is that, explain to the jury what that is. >> it's basically, a force continuum is a systematic approach to the escalation and de-escalation of force options. it's basically looking at an event and saying that all events start, for example, with somebody being present. so, that would be one of the first things that you would look for as you begin your evaluation. who was there? how many w...

To teach the basic course. that course involves proper deployment, target areas and so forth. a similar nature to what you do with the impact weapons. it's just a lower level on the force continuous that's evaluated by those using them or evaluating its use. my instructor's certifications while at the city of riviera beach were the initial instructor level courses. >> you had mentioned a term that i presume is going to come up in your future testimony here today so i want to ask you to explain it to the jury. a concept of a force continuum. does that -- is that -- explain to the jury what that...