To the Residents of Columbia County:

In October 2020, the Columbia County Police Reform Panel was formed with the objective of improving and reforming the policies, procedures and practices of local police agencies. The goal of this panel is to promote community engagement and work toward fostering trust, fairness and transparency between the police agencies and the various communities they serve. In an effort to work toward advancing reform, we have developed an annual survey which will be made available for the public to complete from January 15th through March 1st. The data gathered from these surveys will be analyzed by our panel and used to assess how our local police agencies are performing during their encounters with the public, while also providing us with an opportunity to address any areas of concern.

We ask that you answer these survey* questions honestly and based upon your feelings, opinions and experiences with the following agencies ONLY:

Columbia County Sheriff’s Office

Town of Greenport Police Department

Village of Philmont Police Department

Town of Stockport Police Department

 *Please note that this survey DOES NOT include the New York State Police or any other New York State Law Enforcement Agency, the City of Hudson Police Department or the Village of Chatham Police Department. Additionally, his survey may only be completed for one agency at a time. If you have had interactions with multiple agencies and wish to provide feedback for each, you may do so by completing a new survey for each agency.