Following the incorporation of the Village of Larchmont, the Board of  Trustees considered it appropriate and necessary to provide police services. Subsequently, the Larchmont Police Department was established on October 10, 1891 with the appointment of Constable Richard Restore. To assist the constable carry out his duties several “gentlemen volunteers” were added to the complement.

  By 1893 a second constable joined the ranks of the police department, and    finally, on March 15, 1898 a full time police department was organized with an    aggregate complement of five policemen.  In fact, at the time Larchmont boasted    the only full-time uniformed police force between New Rochelle and Greenwich.

 In 1902, under the direction of Chief William M. Hynds, the     Larchmont Police Department, whose headquarters along with the Fire Department and Village Hall were located at Circle and Linden Avenues, acquired bicycles for each member of the force.  By the late 1920’s the complement had risen to seventeen and motorcycles were added to augment the conventional foot patrols.

 As the Village of Larchmont grew, so did the Larchmont Police   Department. Under the direction of Chief William J. Keresey police   radios were installed in 1937 revolutionizing the way officers were  dispatched to calls for service, and drastically reducing response time. 

Over the years, under the direction of several Chiefs of Police the   Larchmont Police Department has grown and changed with the times. Today  it continues to strive to be a progressive police agency while maintaining the small town community policing practices and personalized police service intended by its founders and embodied in those charged with its direction.                    

(some images courtesy of the Larchmont Historical Society)