There are forty-five local police agencies in

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. As well as other county, state, and federal agencies responsible for protecting Westchester County, these agencies frequently work with one another and other agencies located in the surrounding counties and states as well as the

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. Current economic times has caused a few Westchester municipalities to consider consolidation of police services. The Westchester County Department of Public Safety started providing primary police services for the Town/Village of Mount Kisco in 2015.

Westchester County Department of Public Safety

Westchester County Department of Public Safety was created in 1979 by merging the Westchester County Sheriff's Office with the Westchester County Parkway Police. The current

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is Thomas Gleason. The department provides primary police coverage for county parks, parkways and facilities. It also patrols the Town of Mount Kisco and supplements the

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in the Town of Cortlandt. The Department is the fourth largest law enforcement agency in Westchester County after the New York State Police, the Department of Corrections and the City of Yonkers Police. In 2010, County Executive Robert P. Astorino announced a plan to merge the county departments of Public Safety and Emergency Services. these departments remain separate, and the plan appears to have been abandoned. * Westchester County District Attorney's Office * Westchester County Probation Department

Local Police Departments

The following departments are responsible for primary law enforcement in their jurisdictions. * Ardsley Village Police Department *

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Town Police Department *

Briarcliff Manor Briarcliff Manor () is a suburban village in Westchester County, New York, north of New York City. It is on of land on the east bank of the Hudson River, geographically shared by the towns of Mount Pleasant and Ossining. Briarcliff Manor inc ...

Police Department * Bronxville Village Police Department *Buchanan Police Department *

Croton-on-Hudson Croton-on-Hudson is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 8,327 at the 2020 United States census over 8,070 at the 2010 census. It is located in the town of Cortlandt as part of New York City's northern s ...

Police Department *

Dobbs Ferry Dobbs Ferry is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 10,875 according to the 2010 United States Census. In 2019, its population rose to an estimated 11,027. The village of Dobbs Ferry is located in, and is a ...

Village Police Department * Eastchester Town Police Department * Elmsford Village Police Department * Greenburgh Town Police Department *Harrison Village/Town Police Department *

Hastings-on-Hudson Hastings-on-Hudson is a village in Westchester County located in the southwestern part of the town of Greenburgh in the state of New York, United States. It is located on the eastern bank of the Hudson River, approximately north of midtown Man ...

Police Department *Irvington Village Police Department *

Larchmont Larchmont is a village located within the Town of Mamaroneck in Westchester County, New York, approximately northeast of Midtown Manhattan. The population of the village was 5,864 at the 2010 census. In February 2019, Bloomberg ranked Lar ...

Village Police Department *

Lewisboro Lewisboro is a town in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 12,411 at the 2010 census. The town is named after John Lewis, an early settler. Lewisboro is a suburb of New York City. History After purchasing land f ...

Police Department *Mamaroneck Town Police Department *Mamaroneck Village Police Department * Mount Pleasant Town Police Department * City of Mount Vernon Police Department *New Castle Town Police Department * New Rochelle Police Department *North Castle Town Police Department *North Salem Town Police Department *Ossining Village Police Department *City of Peekskill Police Department *

Pelham Manor Pelham Manor is an affluent village located in Westchester County, New York. As of the 2020 census, the village had a total population of 5,752. It is located in the town of Pelham. History The Bolton Priory, Edgewood House, and Pelhamdale are ...

Police Department *Pelham Village Police Department *Pleasantville Village Police Department *Port Chester Village Police Department * Pound Ridge Town Police Department * Rye Brook Police Department * Town of Rye Police Department * City of Rye Police Department * Scarsdale Village/Town Police Department * Sleepy Hollow Village Police Department * Somers Police Department * Tarrytown Police Department *Tuckahoe Village Police Department *City of White Plains Police Department * City of Yonkers Police Department *Yorktown Town Police Department *Westchester County Police Department

Other Law Enforcement Agencies in Westchester County

* The SPCA of Westchester Humane Law Enforcement has jurisdiction throughout Westchester to enforce Animal Cruelty laws. *

(has multiple barracks located in Westchester County, responsible for police services in the towns of Cortlandt, Lewisboro, North Salem, Somers and Pound Ridge, on state roads and major thoroughfares such as

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Taconic State Parkway The Taconic State Parkway (often called the Taconic or the TSP and known administratively as New York State Route 987G or NY 987G) is a parkway between Kensico Dam and Chatham, the longest in the U.S. state of New York. It follows ...

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just to name a few as well as supplementing local police agencies with additional resources) *

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at Purchase College *

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(responsible for patrol and security of all New York State Parks and Sites in Westchester County) *

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(NYS DEC Police) *

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(NYC DEP Police) (Responsible for securing the NYC water supply system in Westchester County - i.e. NYC water shed located in Northern Westchester). * Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police(MTA Police) (Responsible for security and patrol of

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property). * Amtrak Police *Westchester County Department of Correctio

*Westchester County Probation Department *Westchester County District Attorney Investigations Squad *Town of Pelham Constable *Town of Rye Public Safety *Mamaroneck Village Bay Constable

Bay Constables

The City of Rye and Village of Mamaroneck employs seasonal Bay Constables who serve as

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patrol areas of

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and enforce federal, state and local maritime navigation, environmental and fish & wildlife laws. Bay Constables are armed and have the same powers as

Auxiliary Police Officers

Several municipalities in Westchester have Auxiliary Police Units which contains volunteers who are trained

and assist their police departments with special events, traffic control, crowd control and patrol. The Public Safety Emergency Force (PSEF) is the Volunteer unit within the Westchester County Department of Public Safety. PSEF is composed of part-time Deputy Sheriffs.

Defunct Law Enforcement Agencies in Westchester County

*Ossining Town PD - The Village of Ossining Police provides police services to the unincorporated part of the Town of Ossining as well as the Village of Ossining. *Cortlandt Town PD - disbanded and policed by the New York State Police augmented by the Westchester County Police *Mount Kisco Town/Village PD - disbanded, officers merged with Westchester County Police, Mount Kisco is patrolled by Westchester county Police

References

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