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 by merging the Westchester County Sheriff's Office with the Westchester County Parkway Police. The current Commissioner/Sheriff is Thomas Gleason. 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. In 2010, County Executive Robert P. Astorino announced a plan to merge the county  departments of Public Safety and Emergency Services. these departments remain separate, and the plan appears to have been abandoned. Local Police Departments. The following departments are responsible for primary law enforcement in their jurisdictions. Bay Constables. The City of Rye and Village of Mamaroneck employs seasonal Bay Constables who serve as Peace Officers. Constables patrol areas of Long Island Sound and enforce federal, state and local maritime navigation, environmental and fish & wildlife laws. Bay Constables are armed and have the same powers as New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Police. Auxiliary Police Officers. Several municipalities in Westchester have Auxiliary  Police Units which contains volunteers who are trained Peace Officers and assist their police departments with special events, traffic control, crowd control and patrol. The Public Safety Emergency Force (PSEF) is the Volunteer unit within the Westchester County Department of Public Safety. PSEF is composed of part-time Deputy Sheriffs. See also. List of law enforcement agencies in New York