Law enforcement in Westchester County

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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.

  • Ardsley Village Police Department
  • Bedford Town Police Department
  • Briarcliff Manor Police Department
  • Bronxville Village Police Department
  • Buchanan Police Department
  • Croton-on-Hudson Police Department
  • Dobbs Ferry Village Police Department
  • Eastchester Town Police Department
  • Elmsford Village Police Department
  • Greenburgh Town Police Department
  • Harrison Village/Town Police Department
  • Hastings-on-Hudson Police Department
  • Irvington Village Police Department
  • Larchmont Village Police Department
  • Lewisboro 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 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[4]
  • Yorktown Town Police Department
  • Westchester County Police Department

Other Law Enforcement Agencies in Westchester County[]

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[]

  1. ^ Commissioner Message, retrieved 2007-08-03
  2. ^ Westchester Correction Officers Benevolent Association, retrieved 2008-05-13
  3. ^ "City of Yonkers Police - Police History". Archived from the original on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  4. ^ "City of Yonkers Police Department". City Of Yonkers. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
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