CRIME & SAFETY
Police Officer Badly Hurt Getting Out Of Vehicle In Hudson Valley
A Hudson Valley police officer was badly hurt in an hit-and-run, getting out of a police vehicle. Officials are hoping you, or someone, can help. Officials on the scene say the police officer was "badly hurt" following the accident in Dutchess County. Details are still developing this morning, but here's what we know so far.
Staffing crisis in Poughkeepsie PD continues, cops say
POUGHKEEPSIE – The staffing crisis is continuing in the City of Poughkeepsie Police Department with the retirement of the agency’s second in command, Captain Steven Minard, who left on Friday after 40 years with the department. His counterpart, Captain Rich Wilson recently noted that Chief Tom Pape is...
Poughkeepsie Drug Dealer Nabbed For Second Time, Cops Say
Dutchess County resident Jaylen Shaw, age 22, of the town of Poughkeepsie, was arrested on Friday, May 10, in Poughkeepsie by the Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office Drug Task. According to Det. Sgt. Adam Harris of the task force, a continued investigation into Shaw's activities led to his arrest...
Retirement of Poughkeepsie police captain increases manpower shortage (VIDEO)
POUGHKEEPSIE – City police captain Steven Minard worked his last shift with the Poughkeepsie Police Department on Friday, ending a 40-year career with the department. It also highlights the department’s staffing shortage, which is supposed to have 96 officers but is down to 75. Minard, who began his...
Newburgh middle school students assaulted
NEWBURGH – A student who attends South Middle School in the City of Newburgh was assaulted by a group of adults once the student left the school grounds on Friday, Principal Roderick Phoenix said in a letter to students, families, faculty and staff. He did not say if the...
Support Pours In For Family Of Beloved Fallen Hudson Valley Officer Who Died In Crash
A community is coming together to support the family of a US Army veteran and dedicated police officer from the Hudson Valley who died suddenly in a crash. Following the untimely death of Putnam County's Jose Colon, a committed officer who served with the Brewster Police Department, dozens of …
School bus video helps Carmel PD catch hit and run driver
CARMEL – A 48 -year-old Carmel man faces charges when appearing in Carmel Town Court later this month after allegedly failing to yield to a stopped and loading school bus, striking its extended STOP sign and fleeing. Carmel Police reported the incident over the weekend that occurred on April...
Gillibrand off target about police staffing shortages, cops say
HUDSON VALLEY – Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, one of New York’s two US Senators, has been campaigning on a bill to help solve the staffing shortage plaguing many police departments in New York and across the country recently, making campaign stops around the state to tout a new bill during election season.
Putnam Valley Police officer receives hero’s farewell
SHRUB OAK – Hundreds of police officers from throughout the region gathered in Shrub Oak Saturday to bid Putnam Valley resident and Westchester County Police Officer Alfred Mosiello Jr. a fond farewell at his funeral mass. The 42-year-old resident of Seifert Lane was killed earlier this month when his...
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