Police offers 100 scholarships to help people of color to pursue a law enforcement career
The Westchester County Chiefs of Police Association released a recruitment video offering 100 scholarships to a civil service exam prep class.
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Mar 9, 2021, 12:17 PM
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are now being offered in Westchester in an effort to encourage more people of
color to pursue a career in law enforcement.
The Westchester County
Chiefs of Police Association released a recruitment video offering 100
scholarships to a civil service exam prep class.
The exam is only offered
once every five years and is required to become a police officer. "We want to make sure that
not only are people aware of the exam, but they've
got all the tools to succeed and we want to make sure those tools are
distributed evenly across our communities and everyone has a fair chance,” says Ossining Police Chief Kevin Sylvester.
The civil service exam will
be held in Westchester on May 15. The deadline to apply is March 29.
For more information, click
here.
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