There are currently 45 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 was created in 1979. The current Commissioner/Sheriff is George Longworth.
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 in Westchester County after the New York State Police, the Department of Corrections and the City of Yonkers Police.
The following departments are responsible for primary law enforcement in their jurisdictions.
Ardsley Village PD
Bedford Town PD
Briarcliff Manor PD
Bronxville Village PD
Buchanan PD
Croton PD
Dobbs Ferry Village PD
Eastchester Town PD
Elmsford Village PD
Greenburgh Town PD
Harrison Village/Town PD
Hastings PD
Irvington Village PD
Larchmont Village PD
Lewisboro PD
Mamaroneck Town PD
Mamaroneck Village PD
Mount Pleasant Town PD
City of Mount Vernon PD
New Castle Town PD
City of New Rochelle PD
North Castle Town PD
North Salem Town PD
Ossining Village PD
City of Peekskill PD
Pelham Manor PD
Pelham Village PD
Pleasantville Village PD
Port Chester Village PD
Pound Ridge Town PD
Rye Brook PD
City of Rye PD
Scarsdale Village/Town PD
Sleepy Hollow Village PD
Somers PD
Tarrytown PD
Tuckahoe Village PD
City of White Plains PD
City of Yonkers PD
Yorktown Town PD
Westchester County PD
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
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.
