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Chair: Richard Wishnie
Committee Members: Michael Kaplowitz; Martin Rogowsky; Bernice Spreckman
Staff: Sally Schecter
The mission of the Committee on Public Safety is to ensure that Westchester County’s policies on public safety and criminal justice attain the highest level of protection possible for the County’s residents. The Committee reviews, evaluates and makes recommendations regarding a wide array of services such as:
- Fire protection and emergency medical services, including functioning of the Mutual Aid system and Computed Aided Dipatch, the fire training center and the County’s Emergency Communications Center;
- Police Protection, including review of highway patrol levels, personnel levels and operation of specialized police units such as the detective bureau, fraud squad, bomb squad;
- County Correctional facilities, including review of personnel levels, operations and equipment needs;
- Disaster preparedness and emergency management, including overseeing the operations of the County’s Department of Emergency Services, reviewing the Indian Point emergency preparedness plan, coordinating services among various levels of government;
- Disposal of hazardous wastes and response to hazardous wastes incidents;
- Protection of the County’s special facilities including the County’s Courthouse, the Westchester County Airport, Michaelian Office Bldg., and the County’s Operations Center for emergency management;
- Criminal justice and law enforcement issues as they emerge in the ordinary course of County operations.
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