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Police Chief In Hudson Valley Calls It A Career Police Chief In Hudson Valley Calls It A Career
Police Chief In Hudson Valley Calls It A Career A police chief in Northern Westchester is calling it a career later this month. City of Peekskill Police Department Chief Don Halmy announced his plan to retire as of Saturday, Sept. 25, after more than 22 years with the department. Halmy was hired in 1999 and worked on patrol, including the overnight shift, earning the title of sergeant in 2009, lieutenant in 2017, and appointed chief of the Department in 2018.  He has accepted a position in the private sector at a school where he will draw on both his experience in public safety and his first career as an educator whe…

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by Kathy Reakes
Obituaries
Former Police Chief In Area Dies At Age 48 Former Police Chief In Area Dies At Age 48
Former Police Chief In Area Dies At Age 48 A former Hudson Valley police chief has died just five years after his retirement. Former Tuxedo Police Chief Patrick Welsh died at the age of 48, officials said. A cause of death was not given. Welsh joined the department as a part-time dispatcher in February 1994, became a town officer in 1997, was promoted to sergeant in 2001 and to chief in 2009. He retired in 2016 from injuries sustained during the line of duty, city officials said at the time of his retirement. Welsh leaves behind a wife and four children. Services have not been announced. 

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by Kathy Reakes