The Clarkstown Police Department has 161 sworn police officers and 70 civilians and crossing guards. CPD continues its mission to keep you, your family and our community safe, so that residents and visitors feel safe. Our vision of being the safest town in America is built around a strong commitment to community policing.
Chief Fay has served the Clarkstown Police Department for over 32 years encompassing every major operational and administrative facet of the agency. This includes extensive work in narcotics and organized crime, the Juvenile Aid Bureau, and the Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT). Chief Fay was a law enforcement first responder at the World Trade Center following the September 11 terrorist attacks. Throughout his career he supervised patrol operations, the field training program, and special operations units including K-9, Traffic, and Anti-Crime. In addition to his operational command, Captain Fay brings significant expertise in labor relations and departmental management. He served in top executive leadership roles for the Clarkstown Policemen’s Benevolent Association. A lifelong community member, Captain Fay’s local involvement includes serving as a founding member of the Greater Nanuet Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and graduating from Leadership Rockland.
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The mission of the Clarkstown Police Department is to work in partnership with the Clarkstown community in order to provide the most professional and ethical police service, protect life and property, without passion or prejudice, bring to justice those who violate the law, reduce fear of crime, and promote the quality of life so that the Town of Clarkstown continues to be one of the safest and most desirable places in the Country to live, raise a family and conduct business.