15 new recruits were sworn in today to the Paterson Police Department more than two months after the state seized control of the embattled agency the new class brings the department closer to the 439 officers it says are needed for the internal reorganization attorney general Matt platkin in March took the rare step of taking control of the Department's day-to-day operations after a string of police shootings and abuse and the killing of Naji Seabrooks a Paterson violence intervention activist the state also tapped a former longtime NYPD Chief Issa Abbasi in May to assume the role of officer in charge of the department well now the Attorney General's office is pushing legislation that'll exempt him from mandatory Law Enforcement Training arguing there's just no time given the urgency of problems within the force at the recruitment ceremony today Abbasi said he hit the ground running already making changes [Music]