Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 23, 2026.
Dutchess County, New York, has about 300,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Dutchess County depends on where the incident happened: the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the Freedom of Information Law requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
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Which Agency Holds a Report from Dutchess County
A crime, incident or collision report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court, the jail or the prosecutor.
In Dutchess County that is the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
Reports from the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office
The Dutchess County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 38 violent and 337 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 488 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at 845-486-3900. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at dutchessny.gov/Departments/Jail/dutchess-county-jail.htm (page title: Dutchess County Justice and Transition Center), phone 845-486-3900, 150 North Hamilton St. Poughkeepsie NY 12601, Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:00pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Dutchess County
The ten cities the FBI lists in Dutchess County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Poughkeepsie (town): 67 violent and 755 property crimes reported for 2025; 721 arrests reported for 2025.
- Poughkeepsie: 182 violent and 359 property crimes reported for 2025; 489 arrests reported for 2025.
- Beacon: 14 violent and 84 property crimes reported for 2025; 119 arrests reported for 2025.
- Wappingers Falls: 1 violent and 14 property crimes reported for 2025; 98 arrests reported for 2023. The Wappingers Falls police records page is at wappingersfallspolice.org/copy-of-child-passenger-safety, phone (845) 297-9174 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Rhinebeck: 0 violent and 15 property crimes reported for 2025; 9 arrests reported for 2025.
- Fishkill (town): 7 violent and 69 property crimes reported for 2025; 80 arrests reported for 2025.
- Fishkill (village): 3 violent and 19 property crimes reported for 2025; 15 arrests reported for 2025.
- Red Hook: 3 violent and 26 property crimes reported for 2025; 313 arrests reported for 2019.
- Millbrook.
- Millerton: 0 violent and 1 property crimes reported for 2025; 3 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Reports: Dutchess County in 2025
The 13 agencies in Dutchess County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 351 violent and 1,827 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the 11 agencies in Dutchess County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,164 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Freedom of Information Law Requires
The Freedom of Information Law sets the rules: an answer within 5 business days, at least with an acknowledgment and a date for the full answer, at a charge of copying at 25 cents a page, from the agency that holds the report.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at dutchessny.gov/Departments/Public-Transit/Public-Records-Request.htm (page title: Public Records Request).
A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 845-486-2300, handles discovery for pending cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Dutchess County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Freedom of Information Law the answer is due within 5 business days, at least with an acknowledgment and a date for the full answer.
How long does an agency in Dutchess County have to answer?
Under the Freedom of Information Law, within 5 business days, at least with an acknowledgment and a date for the full answer. It may charge copying at 25 cents a page.
How do I get a report from the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at 845-486-3900. Under the Freedom of Information Law the answer is due within 5 business days, at least with an acknowledgment and a date for the full answer.
Is this the official Dutchess County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.