Dutchess County Crime Blotter: AG Clears Poughkeepsie Officers, Flock Cameras Voted Down – Wednesday, October 14, 2026
State investigators cleared Town of Poughkeepsie officers in a fatal 2025 shooting, and the Dutchess County Legislature voted to remove the Flock plate cameras.
Blotter: Sunday, October 11, 2026
A Rhinebeck man is accused of setting a Flock license-plate camera on fire Saturday night, sparking a brush fire on Route 9. A 54-year-old Hyde Park man was detained in camouflage gear near two schools after staff spotted him with loaded rifle magazines and a hunting knife.
Dutchess County committee votes to cover Flock cameras, push out ARCTIC crime center
The Dutchess County Legislature’s Public Safety Committee on Thursday moved to make a visible, durable break with the county’s automated license‑plate reader (ALPR) network and to expedite the dismantling of the county’s real‑time crime center, ARCTIC.