Town of Wallkill Police Department Receives 1st State-Level Accreditation

The Town of Wallkill Police Department was recently recognized by a standard-setting state agency for meeting its comprehensive guideposts for law enforcement agencies. The accreditation was the first state-level recognition ever sought and received by the police department and attested to the yearslong efforts by the agency to reclaim its professionalism, according to Police Chief Robert Hertman. “Our department has continued to grow and become more professional year over year while being responsive to the needs of the community,” said Mr. Hertman, who was hired over 20 years ago to shake up a police agency under federal oversight for myriad wrongdoings. “And the accreditation was just the natural next step,” he told The Epoch Times....