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Federal Oversight Ends For Yonkers Police Department After Major Reforms Federal Oversight Ends For Yonkers Police Department After Major Reforms
Federal Oversight Ends For Yonkers Police Department After Major Reforms A police department in Westchester has implemented enough major reforms to result in the conclusion of federal oversight after years of monitoring, officials announced. In an announcement on Tuesday, Dec. 3, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York revealed that oversight of the Yonkers Police Department has officially ended following significant reforms made to improve its policies, training, and community engagement. The federal oversight originally stemmed from an investigation that began in 2007 and a subsequent agreement in November 2016 aimed at address…

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New Chief Sworn In By Police Department In Westchester: 'I Am Honored' New Chief Sworn In By Police Department In Westchester: 'I Am Honored'
New Chief Sworn In By Police Department In Westchester: 'I Am Honored' A police department in Northern Westchester has sworn in its new chief.  The Ossining Police Department provisionally appointed Aaron Zimmerman as its new chief in a swearing-in ceremony held on Wednesday evening, March 13, village officials announced.  Zimmerman replaces Interim Chief Brendan Donohue, who took the role following Chief Kevin Sylvester's retirement in December and will now serve as a captain.  Earlier Report - Ossining Police Department Names Interim Leader After Chief's Retirement A 20-year veteran of the department, Zimmerman previously serv…

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Obituaries
Retired Police Lieutenant From Westchester Dies: Was 'Well Liked' Retired Police Lieutenant From Westchester Dies: Was 'Well Liked'
Retired Police Lieutenant From Westchester Dies: Was 'Well Liked' A beloved retired police lieutenant from Northern Westchester who started numerous community programs during his career has died.  Conrad Eschenberg, who served with the Peekskill Police Department for 25 years, died on Tuesday, Feb. 14 at the age of 69, according to his obituary page.   A graduate of Mahopac High School in 1972, Eschenberg started his career with Peekskill PD in May 1978 and rose through the ranks, earning a promotion to Sergeant in April 1988 and becoming a Lieutenant in December 1998. He then retired in 2003. During his time with the depart…

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Video: Candlelight Vigil Held For Westchester County Police Officer Who Died Suddenly Video: Candlelight Vigil Held For Westchester County Police Officer Who Died Suddenly
Video: Candlelight Vigil Held For Westchester County Police Officer Who Died Suddenly Community members gathered to hold a candlelight vigil for a Northern Westchester police officer who died suddenly on Thanksgiving night.  Earlier Report - Thousands Raised For Family Of Peekskill Police Officer Who Died Suddenly The vigil was held in Peekskill on Tuesday, Nov. 29, to honor the life of Gregory Jones, an officer with the Peekskill Police Department originally from Middletown, who died on Thursday night, Nov. 24, at the age of 48, according to his obituary.  At the vigil, which was released in a video shared by the police department, several attendees spoke in…

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Police Department In Westchester Given New E-Bike To Aid Community Policing Police Department In Westchester Given New E-Bike To Aid Community Policing
Police Department In Westchester Given New E-Bike To Aid Community Policing A Westchester police department has been given a new E-Bike to help them in their patrols.  The E-Bike was given to the Yonkers Police Department on Wednesday, Oct. 19 by the Yonkers Downtown/Waterfront Business Improvement District, which wanted to give back to the city's police, according to a Facebook post from the group.  The bike will "help officers conduct more efficient and effective patrols as well as connect more directly with the community in Yonkers downtown," the group said.  The group also said that having officers patrol on E-Bikes would allow residents to have more personal …

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Police & Fire
Westchester City Appoints New Police Commissioner Westchester City Appoints New Police Commissioner
Westchester City Appoints New Police Commissioner A veteran public servant in Westchester has been tabbed to take over as the police commissioner in “New York’s third-largest city,” as the mayor likes to say. Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano announced that Yonkers Police Deputy Chief Chris Sapienza has been chosen as the city’s new police commissioner, replacing outgoing Commissioner John Mueller, who retired earlier in the week of Monday, May 2. Sapienza will serve as acting commissioner until the Yonkers City Council can confirm his appointment. Acting Yonkers Police Commissioner Chris SapienzaTwitter/@YonkersPD Spano touted Sapienza’s tem…

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by Zak Failla
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Cops Buy Homeless Man Socks Instead Of Arresting Him For Shoplifting In Westchester Cops Buy Homeless Man Socks Instead Of Arresting Him For Shoplifting In Westchester
Cops Buy Homeless Man Socks Instead Of Arresting Him For Shoplifting In Westchester A pair of police officers went out of their way to help a member of the community who is down on his luck and needed a helping hand in Westchester County. Two members of the Mount Vernon Police Department were called to Dollar Tree on Saturday, May 1, where there was a report of a would-be shoplifter in possession of socks and was being temporarily detained After arriving at the store, body camera footage of the incident released by the Mount Vernon Police Department showed Officers Christopher Cartwright and Jason Velez show the man an act of kindness after he was busted attempting to pock…

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Local Police Departments Throughout NY Must Implement These Reforms, Cuomo Executive Order Says Local Police Departments Throughout NY Must Implement These Reforms, Cuomo Executive Order Says
Local Police Departments Throughout NY Must Implement These Reforms, Cuomo Executive Order Says Law enforcement agencies throughout New York State are being required by Executive Order to “reform and reinvent” the way they police while collaborating with their communities amid civil unrest in the wake of George Floyd's death in Minneapolis. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an Executive Order on Friday, June 12 that will require the state's more than 500 local and county police agencies to develop a plan “that reinvents and modernizes police strategies and programs in their community based on community input.” If communities don’t comply, Cuomo said that those police departments will…

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Police & Fire
Greenburgh Police Chief To Become Chief Criminal Investigator For Westchester DA Greenburgh Police Chief To Become Chief Criminal Investigator For Westchester DA
Greenburgh Police Chief To Become Chief Criminal Investigator For Westchester DA There’s going to be a new sheriff in town, as longtime Greenburgh Police Chief Chris McNerney plans to pursue new opportunities in law enforcement in Westchester County. McNerney advised the Greenburgh Town Board that he intends to retire from the Greenburgh Police Department as of Sunday, Aug. 25, as he takes a job with the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office as their Chief Criminal Investigator. Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner announced McNerney’s resignation on Thursday, July 25. Feiner said that the Board is currently interviewing three police captains to take over as …

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Obituaries
Ronald Fatigate, Former Police Commissioner In Westchester, Dies At 55 Ronald Fatigate, Former Police Commissioner In Westchester, Dies At 55
Ronald Fatigate, Former Police Commissioner In Westchester, Dies At 55 Ronald Fatigate of Pearl River, a former police commissioner in Westchester, died at home, on Monday, Jan. 28 after a battle with cancer.  He was born on Aug. 11, 1963, to Ralph Fatigate and Helen Martino Fatigate. He served the City of Mount Vernon as a police officer and detective, later becoming police commissioner.  He was active in his community in Pearl River and was the owner of Raffaele's Pizzeria, where he was always generous with local charities. Ron is survived by his wife Joann, of over 26 years and his two children, Jessica and Ryan. Ron is also survived by his siblin…

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Schools
New Rochelle Officials Meet With Local Businesses After Student Violence New Rochelle Officials Meet With Local Businesses After Student Violence
New Rochelle Officials Meet With Local Businesses After Student Violence Following a spate of violent stabbing incidents involving New Rochelle High School students, city officials met with members of the local business community to discuss a series of new police initiatives to improve safety along the North Avenue corridor. The manhunt for a teenage suspect who stabbed a fellow student in the torso on Jan. 18 continues, as the suspect remains elusive, New Rochelle Police Capt. Robert Gazzola said, last week noting that “due to the suspect’s age, and after consultation with the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office, we are prohibited by law from identifyi…

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