Sheriff's Department

The Rensselaer County Sheriff's Department operates a Highway/ Marine Patrol bureau on a 24-hour a day, 7 day a week, 365 day a year basis.  The Highway / Marine Patrol assigns uniformed members to conduct active patrol functions throughout the County acting as both a deterrent to crime, as well as being able to respond to crimes in progress and routine service calls.  The patrol force conducts routine investigations and is the first responder to calls that require an emergency response.  It is responsible for enforcement of various laws of New York State including vehicle & traffic law, penal law, Family Court Act and criminal procedure law. Among the investigations that highway patrol handles are burglaries, robberies, homicides, assaults, criminal mischief, hunting accidents, missing persons and many other crimes and violations.