New York Police Add 1,123 New Officers, Including 3 Brothers

The New York Police Department is welcoming 1,123 new officers—and for three of them the job is all in the family.
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New York Police Add 1,123 New Officers, Including 3 Brothers
Brothers Stephan (L), John (C), and Alec Favale before the NYPD Police Academy graduation ceremony at Madison Square Garden in New York on Dec. 29, 2015. Three sons of a New York Police Department official were sworn in as officers Tuesday, in what may mark the first time three siblings have ever graduated from the city's police academy at one time. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
The Associated Press
12/29/2015
Updated:
12/29/2015

NEW YORK—The New York Police Department is welcoming 1,123 new officers—and for three of them the job is all in the family.

Brothers Alec, John and Stephen Favale were among Tuesday’s graduates. And cheering them on was their dad, Deputy Inspector Anthony Favale.

Mayor Bill de Blasio saluted all the cadets for joining the nation’s biggest police department. He added special thanks to the Favales for their “family tradition” of service.

Alec and John are 22-year-old twins. Stephen is 24.

They say they’re proud of their dad’s 30-year police career. But Stephen Favale adds the NYPD brothers are “just like everybody else who graduated” after working hard.

Anthony Favale says it “feels amazing” to have three sons join the police force at once.