OP, you may want investigate more on this program: Police Cadet Corps http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/careers/cadet_corps.shtml#overview
I have visited NYC a number of times as a tourist, so my opinions are not reflective of someone who lives there. NYC is an incredible place, full of both interesting and odd people, wealth and poverty, crime, artistic inspiration, exotic foods and cultures, and a melting pot of ethnic people.
I would imagine the politics of ruling over that kind of chaotic environment could be frustrating for police officers if they are not supported by their government. I would love to visit there often, but could not see myself living there.
Aww so it’s more of a tourist attraction
By all means explore, but do not be surprised if, when you come to know more, you do not like any of these things.
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Any native of NYC would probably be insulted to hear their city called just a tourist attraction. It is so much more than that. What I was trying to say was that you may not have a realistic vision of NYC, and you need to go and spend time there. Assuming you have a life goal to be a police officer in a place you know nothing about, and a job that you have no clue what it entails…that is not a legitimate dream.
I would equate it to a preteen girl becoming infatuated with one of the Jonas Brothers. She spends all her time collecting posters and magazine articles and memorizing all their songs, but she has never actually met any of the Jonas Brothers. She really has no clue whether or not she would like the real people behind the musical act.
So, do some research, find a way to travel to NYC, and explore all this great city has to offer.
NYC is not just Manhattan. The chances are a rookie cop will be assigned to not so desirable areas in the outer boroughs or places off the tourist beaten track. Discount the posts that talk about how glamorous NYC is. Police work is not glamorous. It’s part criminal justice, part social work. You have to hear about peoples’ daily problems, domestic issues. Sometimes you can make a difference. Many times can’t or won’t. It’s been said that police work is very depressing, witnessed by the very high divorce rate of police officers. So take everything you hear about how great being a cop is with a big grain of salt.
Experience is a great teacher try to experience NYC to know what you’re up against. Instead of just staying where you are right now. It might even make you a better teacher than what they thought you could be 
It is also useful to disregard what you see on TV shows about the NYPD. For example, most NYPD officers never fire their guns during their careers. From a 2011 report,
Not exactly what you see on Blue Bloods.
I know that ive read about that. I know most of the stuff shown on t.v is not real I would just like to serve and protect the people. While being part of such a close knit family. NYPD
I’ll check it out
As Frank Serpico found out, you may not be able to combine the two. Because justice and serving the public was very important to Serpico, his fellow NYPD officers made him pay a terrible price. In his own words in a 2014 article, "The Police Are Still Out of Control, I should know (http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/10/the-police-are-still-out-of-control-112160#.VIW-_■■■_8M):
“Even now, I do not know for certain why I was left trapped in that door by my fellow police officers. But the Narcotics division was rotten to the core, with many guys taking money from the very drug dealers they were supposed to bust. I had refused to take bribes and had testified against my fellow officers. Police make up a peculiar subculture in society. More often than not they have their own moral code of behavior, an “us against them” attitude, enforced by a Blue Wall of Silence. It’s their version of the Mafia’s omerta. Speak out, and you’re no longer “one of us.” You’re one of “them.” And as James Fyfe, a nationally recognized expert on the use of force, wrote in his 1993 book about this issue, Above The Law, officers who break the code sometimes won’t be helped in emergency situations, as I wasn’t.”
Be prepared now for not being able to have both the pursuit of justice/serving the public and the goodwill of fellow officers.
@powercropper, that website is run by a company that sells test prep for the NYPD exam.
Here’s the actual careers page from the NYPD website:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/careers/careers.shtml
@oldmom4896 Thanks for setting me straight!
OP, there’s a program for college students with a nice amount of grant money but I think you’d have to attend a college in NYC:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/careers/cadet_corps.shtml#overview
@oldmom4896 what if I go to grad school in NYC?
I don’t know, @Soccerchic24. Read the web page.
I doesn’t mention anything about it. It says that its for college men and women…
I think ill probably just stay in Florida.