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Port Jervis highlights police accreditation, new social-work pilot and fire equipment grants
Summary
Mayor announced the Port Jervis Police Department won state accreditation, cited substantial crime reductions, previewed a $75,000 social work pilot and a police drone unit, and said the fire department received a $530,000 FEMA AFG grant to purchase 55 SCBA units and $25,000 in state recruitment funding.
In his address the mayor said the Port Jervis Police Department received state accreditation on Sept. 10 in Albany and reported sustained reductions in both violent and property crime, citing the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services. "According to the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services... UCR Part 1 offenses reached their lowest level since 1980, marking a 17.86 decrease from 2024," the mayor said.
The mayor previewed 2026…
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