Joel Witriol, 24, was four credits shy of meeting the NYPD's requirement of 60 college credits, and was not part of the latest class of 1,560 recruits.
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Witriol could reapply if he fulfills the education requirement. Kelly said the department had hired Orthodox Jewish recruits in the past.
Post all wrong on Hasidic cop hire
A Hasidic scholar from Brooklyn wasn’t hired as part of the NYPD’s newest class of recruits as the New York Post claimed on its front page yesterday, authorities said.
Joel Witriol, 24, was four credits shy of meeting the NYPD’s requirement of 60 college credits, and was not part of the latest class of 1,560 recruits.
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Witriol could reapply if he fulfills the education requirement. Kelly said the department had hired Orthodox Jewish recruits in the past.
Witriol learned yesterday that he had been passed over, authorities said. He could not be reached for comment.
Police officials said it was not unusual, given the volume of applicants, that candidates are told at the last minute whether they should report for the recruits’ first day.
Itzik_s
That is because they are afraid that instead of issuing summonses that lead to fines, he will go up to the violators and ask: "Tzedooke, tzedooke far orimer leit!"
All jokes aside, I hope he makes it in eventually!
Binyamin
There is someone from CH that got in. Where is his story in the Post??
William
Hey Joel don’t give up!…Reapply!
All the best! Kol tov!
explanation??
this article is VERY……………………………………… confusing!!!
confused
ok….. i really dont get what is going on.
yesterday, there was an article about him, saying one thing, and now its saying a different thing. what is going on??
isaac
WHo from Crown Heights is a regular cop? There are about 6 or 8 Lubavitch 71 Precinct Auxiliaries. Don’t count Sperlin, he just gets photo ops with cops.
Miami....
You have the right to remain silent, anything you say (besides Tehilem) can and will be used against you in the Beis of Din, Ich Mein court of Law! You have the right to a TAOYN….
izzy c
they are going to make it hard for him being that hes a religous ,
77 Precinct SF
I spoke with Joel and he is soppest to start next week the acadamy and I hope he seccesed in what ever he does in the NYPD and everything else he does. He was a great parner to go on the street with in the 77th Precinct Auxiliary Unit.
corrections
Itzik_s: that joke wasn’t necessary.
confused: one newspaper (the post) said that he became a cop, this newspaper (the daily news) reports that he didn’t become a cop after all because he didn’t have enough credits.
DEBBY
GO JOEL…………………… UR the man. I worked with you, remember Debby? Dont give up!!!!!!!.