Law enforcement in Westchester County

There are forty-five local police agencies in Westchester County, New York. 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 NYPD. 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. The current Commissioner/Sheriff is Thomas Gleason.^[1]

The department provides primary police coverage for county parks, parkways and facilities. It also patrols the Town of Mount Kisco and supplements the New York State Police in the Town of Cortlandt. The Department is the fourth largest law enforcement agency^{[citation needed]} in Westchester County after the New York State Police, the Department of Corrections^[2] and the City of Yonkers Police.^[3]

Local Police Departments[]

The following departments are responsible for primary law enforcement in their jurisdictions.

Other Law Enforcement Agencies in Westchester County[]

• The SPCA of Westchester Humane Law Enforcement has jurisdiction throughout Westchester to enforce Animal Cruelty laws.
• New York State Police (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 New York State Thruway, Taconic State Parkway, Interstate 684, Interstate 95 just to name a few as well as supplementing local police agencies with additional resources)
• New York State University Police at Purchase College
• New York State Park Police(responsible for patrol and security of all New York State Parks and Sites in Westchester County)
• New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Police (NYS DEC Police)
• New York City Department of Environmental Protection Police (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 Metro-North Railroad property).
• Westchester County Department of Correction [1]
• Westchester County Probation Department
• Westchester County District Attorney Investigations Squad
• Town of Pelham Constable
• Town of Rye Public Safety
• Mamaroneck Village Bay Constable

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 - still active but no longer provides primary police service. Functions limited to court security and parking enforcement. Primary patrol and investigative services are now provided by officers of the Westchester County Police Department who are mostly former members of Mount Kisco Police Department.

See also[]

List of law enforcement agencies in New York

References[]