The personnel of the Village of- fice consists of a Treasurer , a Clerk and a Junior Clerk . The Water Department is com- posed of the Water Superintendent and three assistants . A Chief , Lieutenant and six Pa- trolmen make up the Police De- partment . Elected by the people at the reg- ular village election , the Police Jus- tice serves a four - year term . The Pubic Works Department consists of the Superintendent , a general foreman , three motor - equip- ment operators and eight laborers . At the beginning of each fiscal year the Board appoints a Village Counsel . The Board of Assessors is com- fitting that we unite in reviewing our past and give credit to those who have made the present possible . It is regrettable that we cannot record all the names of those citi- zens who have helped in the devel- opment of our village . It is obvious that this would be mpossible in this brief history . World War I In 1917-18 the citizens of Croton- on - Hudson did their part in the prosecution of World War I. Able bodied young men of military age entered the armed forces . The people at home assisted in all ways possible . Four young men paid the supreme sacrifice . They were Fred- erick Cook , Charles H. Fox , Joseph Quatrocchi and Philip V. C. War- ren . Their names are inscribed with the dead of World War II on the memorial erected by the Village and dedicated on Memorial Day 1948. The inscription reads " Let us live for those who have fallen that in our lives they may be resur- rected . " World War II On Sunday afternoon , December 7 , 1941 , the radios blasted forth the announcement that Japan had at- tacked us at Pearl Harbor .