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On the Job – November 4

On October 18, 2011 while stopped at the intersection of Saratoga Drive and Ramapo Valley Road in a marked police unit, Ptl. Docwra observed the reverse lights illuminate on the vehicle stopped at the stop sign in front of him.  The vehicle suddenly proceeded to back-up and subsequently struck the […]


Route 202 Road Closure Notification 1

Ramapo Valley Road will be closed to traffic for four days beginning November 10th at 7am between West Oakland and Yawpo avenues Work will be done to upgrade the existing NYS & W railroad crossing and is expected to be completed by morning rush hour November 14th, 2011. Southbound detour: […]


On The Job – October 20

On October 10, 2011 at approximately 6:15 p.m. the Ringwood Police Department reported that a gas station employee on Skyline Drive observed a suspected intoxicated driver leave the station and travel towards Oakland in a beige colored Honda.  Ptl. Broek positioned his patrol vehicle on Skyline Drive and observed the […]


Bears, Bears Everywhere

In the past weeks there have been numerous bear sightings throughout Oakland. This big guy decided to take a 6 hour nap in Joy Johnson’s backyard in the Manito section then wandered afterward to the neighbor’s yard. The bears are looking for food as the nuts and acorns that usually […]


On the Job – October 5

On September 26, 2011 a Chuckanutt Drive resident discovered that her AT&T cell phone account had two fraudulent accounts attached to it, along with an outstanding balance in excess of $1000.00.  The accounts were reportedly opened in the resident’s name without her authorization.  Ptl. Frank Fiore investigated. On September 29, […]