The Orangetown Police Department contains numerous specialized units with police officers who have undergone additional training for particular operations and responses. The following is a list of some units and teams OPD staffs: Detective Bureau Purpose: The Detective Bureau has ultimate responsibility for the clearance of all crimes, by the arrest of the perpetrator, and […]

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SILVER ALERT PROTOCOL 1. Please review the Silver Alert Application Instructions (pdf) 2. Download and complete the Silver Alert Application (pdf) Legislative Intent In response to concerns raised by TRIAD (a volunteer group with a focus on senior safety) regarding persons with cognitive and intellectual impairments, the Rockland County Legislature, in its ongoing mission to […]

D.A.R.E. The purpose of the program is a collaborative effort by DARE Certified law enforcement officers, educators, students, parents, and community to offer an educational program in the classroom to prevent or reduce drug abuse and violence among children and youth.  The officers are present in the school in an educational Community Policing function.  To […]

Youth Court  “JUSTICE FOR YOUTH BY YOUTH” Youth Court Application PURPOSE OF YOUTH COURT Youth Court is designed to reduce repeat incidents of juvenile crime.  It diverts offending youth from the juvenile justice system, provides an alternative to the Family Court process and deters further contact with the police. Positive peer pressure in the Youth […]

Youth Police Academy Program Information The Orangetown Police Department began this pilot program in 1997. The Youth Police Academy is a two week indoctrination and training session for male and female youths 14 – 18 years of age and is a condensed version of a real Police Academy.  The inaugural session was started on Monday, […]

The Orangetown Police Department is proud to have supported the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy and over the past 32 years has sent many of its supervisory personnel to this prestigious 11 week school held at the FBI Academy in the US Marine Corps Base at Quantico, Virginia.  The following are the graduates, session […]

Where it is: The Town of Orangetown is located in Rockland County, New York. It is a triangular shaped area of about 25 square miles and is the southernmost part of New York State on the west side of the Hudson River. The Town of Orangetown is bordered on the south by the State of […]

Hours Monday – Friday / 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. The records department is responsible for the collection and preservation of all police department records and files. Accident Reports Copies of accident reports are available within 3 business days of the occurrence. Orangetown Police Non-Criminal Fingerprint Procedure The Orangetown Police Department will take non-criminal fingerprints […]

The Orangetown Police Department and the former Nyack Village Police Department have lost four officers in the line of duty, and more unfortunately, they were lost two at a time. Orangetown Police Department – August 2, 1973 Officer Reedy and Officer Kennedy of the Orangetown Police Department were struck and killed by a drunken driver […]

Rockland County Resources Rockland County Sheriff’s Department Sex Offender’s Registry TRIAD of Rockland County: Reducing Crimes Against Seniors Sex Offender Search New York State Resources SafeNYS / Crime Watch NYS Amber Alert Report Underage Drinking New York State’s Most Wanted Federal Resources FBI Most Wanted ICE Victim Notification Program  Missing Children National Center for Missing […]