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Croton Police Blotter

Three records of policing in Croton: State Police incidents, updated daily; the department's weekly narrative blotter, archived here after the village deletes it; and the department's complete monthly numbers. All of it straight from the source.

State Police incidents in Croton

Troopers report daily, statewide; these are the incidents inside the village (Troop K, Zone 3) — Croton's freshest police record.

Aid - assist citizen Closed/cleared
August 15, 2026 10:32 PM
Vehicle - DWI Arrest adult
August 15, 2026 02:23 AM
  • Driving While Intoxicated- 1st Offense Misdemeanor VTL 1192.03
  • Operate Motor Veh With .08 of 1% Alcohol Or More In Blood- 1st Offense Misdemeanor VTL 1192.02
Arrestee: age 50, of New Rochelle · Appearance ticket
Vehicle - DWI Closed/cleared
August 14, 2026 10:20 PM
  • Operate Motor Veh With .08 of 1% Alcohol Or More In Blood- 1st Offense Misdemeanor VTL 1192.02
  • Driving While Intoxicated- 1st Offense Misdemeanor VTL 1192.03
Release to 3rd party
Vehicle - disabled Closed/cleared
August 11, 2026 03:42 PM
Vehicle - DWI Arrest adult
August 08, 2026 04:37 AM
  • Driving While Intoxicated- 1st Offense Misdemeanor VTL 1192.03
  • Operate Motor Veh With .08 of 1% Alcohol Or More In Blood- 1st Offense Misdemeanor VTL 1192.02
Arrestee: age 66, of Ossining · Release to 3rd party
Vehicle - DWI Investigation pending
August 08, 2026 04:03 AM
  • Driving While Intoxicated- 1st Offense Misdemeanor VTL 1192.03
  • Operate Motor Veh With .08 of 1% Alcohol Or More In Blood- 1st Offense Misdemeanor VTL 1192.02
Release to 3rd party
Vehicle - disabled Closed/cleared
August 07, 2026 01:20 AM
Public appearance Closed/cleared
August 04, 2026 03:00 PM
Road - blocked Closed/cleared
August 04, 2026 02:28 AM
Road - all other Closed/cleared
August 03, 2026 07:56 AM
Aid - ambulance Closed/cleared
August 02, 2026 03:53 AM
Vehicle - DWI Arrest adult
August 01, 2026 01:15 AM
  • Driving While Intoxicated- 1st Offense Misdemeanor VTL 1192.03
Arrestee: age 22, of Montrose · Appearance ticket
Aid - assist other agency Closed/cleared
July 31, 2026 03:56 AM
Aid - aided case Closed/cleared
July 28, 2026 01:56 PM
Drug/Alcohol - possession Arrest adult
July 26, 2026 02:13 AM
  • Criminal Possession Controlled Substance- 7th Degree Misdemeanor PL 220.03
  • Criminal Possession Controlled Substance- 7th Degree Misdemeanor PL 220.03
  • Criminal Possession Controlled Substance- 7th Degree Misdemeanor PL 220.03
Arrestee: age 40, of Cortlandt Manor · Appearance ticket
Vehicle - DWI Closed/cleared
July 25, 2026 10:43 PM
  • Driving While Intoxicated- 1st Offense Misdemeanor VTL 1192.03
  • Operate Motor Veh With .08 of 1% Alcohol Or More In Blood- 1st Offense Misdemeanor VTL 1192.02
Release to 3rd party
Vehicle - DWI Arrest adult
July 25, 2026 12:28 AM
  • Driving While Intoxicated- 1st Offense Misdemeanor VTL 1192.03
Arrestee: age 35, of Ossining · Release to 3rd party
Vehicle - disabled Closed/cleared
July 23, 2026 06:15 AM
Vehicle - V&T complaint Closed/cleared
July 21, 2026 11:30 PM
Accident - property damage Closed/cleared
July 21, 2026 11:59 AM
Yorktown Road · 1 vehicle · no injuries reported
Aid - assist other agency Closed/cleared
July 20, 2026 09:00 PM

Source: New York State Police public information reports, Troop K Zone 3 (Cortlandt), filtered to location code 6021 — Village of Croton-on-Hudson. Holding 21 incidents.

We publish the incident, never the person.

The state's reports name drivers and arrestees; we discard every name. For an arrest we keep the age and home town — the ordinary blotter formulation; for a traffic collision we keep nothing about the people at all. Charges are accusations, not convictions. The village's blotter narratives below follow the department's own redaction, the same practice.

Street names are the trooper's own free-text entry, expanded against local street names (OpenStreetMap) so "YORKTOWN" reads as Yorktown Road, not the town. Roads along the village boundary may sit partly in Cortlandt; the village attribution is the state's own location code.

The Village's own blotter — week of 2026-07-05 to 2026-07-11

A weekly selection of incidents in the department's own words. The village removes each post from its website after a month or two; we archive every one we capture — this is the most recent. Its own preface: "a selection of incidents from the police blotter of the Croton-on-Hudson Police Department… does not constitute all calls received by the department during this period."

Animal Complaint
July 5, 2026 – 11:28 AM · Municipal Place
Police investigated a report of possible animal-related concerns near a public parking area. While on scene, officers also checked reports of disorderly activity in the nearby park and found the area in good order.
Traffic Enforcement
July 5, 2026 – 5:57 PM · Veterans Plaza
During a traffic stop, officers discovered a vehicle with suspended registration and an operator with a suspended driver's license. The vehicle was impounded, multiple summonses were issued, and the operator placed under arrest. He was released pending a future court appearance.
Larceny Investigation
July 6, 2026 – 12:33 PM · Maple Street
Police investigated a report of a stolen pocketbook from a parked vehicle. Officers completed a report and initiated a follow-up investigation.
Disabled Vehicle
July 6, 2026 – 7:20 PM · Senasqua Road
Officers located a disabled vehicle and assisted the motorist until a towing service arrived to remove it from the roadway.
Suspicious Incident
July 7, 2026 – 12:40 PM · Morningside Drive
Police responded to a neighbor dispute after a resident reported a substance on a driveway. Officers determined the material resulted from routine yard work and no criminal activity had occurred.
Suspicious Vehicle
July 7, 2026 – 2:07 PM · Sunset Trail
Police investigated a report of an unfamiliar vehicle parked in a residential driveway. Officers determined the operator was a utility contractor who had gone to the incorrect address.
Motor Vehicle Accident
July 8, 2026 – 6:38 AM · Croton Point Avenue
Officers responded to a two-vehicle property damage accident. No injuries were reported and a report was completed.
Disabled Vehicle
July 8, 2026 – 5:40 PM · Albany Post Road
Police assisted with a disabled postal vehicle. Traffic control measures were established until roadside assistance arrived.
Public Assistance
July 8, 2026 – 9:22 PM · Route 9 South
Officers assisted a bicyclist traveling along Route 9 South by escorting the individual to a safer location off the roadway.
Solicitor Complaint
July 9, 2026 – 9:46 AM · Hillside Avenue
Police responded to a complaint regarding a door-to-door solicitor. Officers located the individual, who was advised of the complaint and issued a summons for soliciting without a license.
Disabled Vehicle
July 9, 2026 – 10:08 AM · Route 129
Police responded to a disabled vehicle on Route 129. Officers remained on scene until towing arrangements were completed.
Traffic Complaint
July 10, 2026 – 6:57 AM · Arlington Drive
Police investigated a complaint of a vehicle reportedly speeding through a residential neighborhood. Officers canvassed the area but were unable to locate the vehicle.
Suspicious Incident
July 10, 2026 – 2:08 PM · Half Moon Bay Drive
A resident reported possible tampering with a parked vehicle after discovering a missing exterior door button. Officers found no signs of forced entry or damage, and no criminal activity was identified.
Vehicle Equipment Inspection
July 11, 2026 – 9:42 AM · Police Headquarters
Officers conducted a vehicle equipment inspection after repairs were completed. The vehicle was found to be in compliance.

Source: Village of Croton-on-Hudson, posted 2026-08-02 — narratives verbatim; the blotter runs four to five weeks behind events.

Browse the full blotter archive — 135 weeks, 5,317 incidents →
Three lists, and what each one is.

Almost all policing in Croton is done by the Village department — troopers log about five incidents a week here, against the department's several hundred calls a month. The narrative blotter is the department's own storytelling: vivid, but a selection, a month behind. The monthly totals below are the complete count. Together they are the fullest public picture of policing in Croton anywhere.

What no public record shows. Westchester County Police patrol Croton Point Park and publish no incident feed, so park incidents surface only through another agency or a press release. County fire/EMS dispatch ("60 Control") is unverified scanner audio — we don't use it. The County District Attorney posts a Croton-relevant release only a few times a year; we check weekly, keep every Croton item, and flag new ones to the newsroom the day they appear. Annual crime statistics are in our crime & policing report.

The numbers — Croton Police Department, May 2026

The department publishes a report every month over the Chief's signature. These are its own figures, in full — not a selection.

456
Calls for service
+29% vs. May 2025
17
Persons arrested
+0% vs. May 2025
21
Cases investigated
-9% vs. May 2025
11
Motor-vehicle accidents
-45% vs. May 2025
76
Fire & ambulance calls
+13% vs. May 2025
96
Vehicle & traffic tickets
+68% vs. May 2025
154
Parking tickets
+79% vs. May 2025

2,002 calls for service so far in 2026, January to May.

Source: Croton-on-Hudson Police Department monthly report, May 2026. Comparisons are with the same month a year earlier, so seasonal differences do not distort them.

60 of 456
Calls narrated in the blotter, May 2026
1 of 17
Arrests described
7 of 11
Accidents described

May 2026 is the most recent month with both records. Entries are counted by the date each incident occurred, so month-straddling weeks split correctly; "arrests described" counts blotter entries typed as arrests, while the report counts persons arrested. Read the May weeks: 2026-04-26 – 2026-05-02 · 2026-05-03 – 2026-05-09 · 2026-05-10 – 2026-05-16 · 2026-05-17 – 2026-05-23 · 2026-05-24 – 2026-05-30 · 2026-05-31 – 2026-06-06.

Every monthly number the department reports, charted

Each measure at its own scale, 2018 to today, from the department's monthly reports. Gaps are months the department did not publish — most of 2020 and early 2021, the COVID reporting gap — not zeros. The dot marks the latest month.

Calls for service
Persons arrested
Cases investigated
Motor-vehicle accidents
Fire & ambulance calls
Vehicle & traffic tickets
Parking tickets

Source: Croton-on-Hudson Police Department monthly reports, October 2018 onward.

Crime & policing report → Open in the data explorer →

This page updates daily. State Police reports cover a rolling seven days and are overwritten weekly, so incidents are captured as they appear and kept here afterwards; village blotter posts are captured weekly before the village removes them. Spotted an error? Tell us.

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