The Westchester County Police Special Response Team (SRT) recently took home some top honors following the National Tactical Officers Association’s Physical Fitness Qualification Test. After putting 370 tactical teams from across the nation through its paces, the NTOA reported that Westchester County Police Officer Jason Payne had achieved the highest […]
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AG takes 57 guns off streets at Westchester buyback
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced on Friday, Sept. 17, that 57 firearms were turned in to law enforcement at a gun buyback event hosted by her office, Westchester County Executive George Latimer, Westchester District Attorney Miriam Rocah and the New Rochelle Police Department. The Office of the Attorney […]
8 new police officers sworn into county police ranks
Eight new police officers were sworn into the ranks of the Westchester County Police last week by County Executive George Latimer and Public Safety Commissioner Thomas A. Gleason. The eight officers have previous police experience and transferred to the Department of Public Safety from three municipal police departments in Westchester. […]
Westchester County police seize 2 kilos of fentanyl
Westchester County police arrested a Connecticut man on a felony drug charge and seized more than two kilos of fentanyl during a traffic stop last week. Orlando Garcia, 42, of Wolcott Street in Waterbury, Connecticut, was charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the first degree following a […]