Lake Placid Police Department

Thank you for the kind words and nice letter.

We were happy to spend some time with the Kindergarten class at the Lake Placid Elementary School for "P" day, because as we all know, P stands for Police! Officers Summo and Kane are seen here posing with the class. Lake Placid Central School

Long term detours now in place

The civil service exam required to become a Lake Placid Police Officer has been announced, the deadline to sign up is April 8th 2021. Follow the Essex County link for more details. Feel free to share this announcement with anyone you think that may be interested in joining our team. https://www.co.essex.ny.us//DeputySheriffPoliceOfficerExam

Thank you to the students of St. Agnes School Elementary for making Blessing Bags for the entire Police Department! Officers Potthast, Kane and Summo are seen here with the children. We really appreciate it!

The Village of Lake Placid will host a public listening session on the Executive Order No. 203, New York State Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative. Thi...s session will be held at Lake Placid Conference Center, 2634 Main Street, Lake Placid, New York at 5:00 pm on February 10th, 2021. The purpose of this meeting is to enable the community to voice their suggestions, comments, and opinions on policing within the Village of Lake Placid. Mayor Randall, Chief Moore, Assistant Chief Dobson, and Theresa Wilson of Olio Consulting will be updating the community on the status of these reforms and the positive changes being made to enhance the quality of policing within the Village of Lake Placid. The Village has welcomed this mandate to ensure the stakeholders of Lake Placid that there is no place for racial bias within its policies, practices, and procedures. With the COVID-19 pandemic still in full swing, safety protocols will be in enforced. Reservations will be required prior to meeting by emailing [email protected]. Due to limited seating, only 20 seats are available. Masks will be required at all times. Contact tracing will be utilized upon entry. If you are unable to attend this meeting, please send all questions, comments and suggestions to the above email and they will be addressed at the meeting.

Officer Ray Borden from sometime in the 1950's. This photo found in a Spitzer family album, the operators of Spitzer's Market at the time. The photo was provided by Charlie Talmadge. #tbt

Officer Summo visiting with some students at St. Agnes School Elementary

Thanks again to our Secret Santa, we were glad to help! https://www.lakeplacidnews.com//elves-in-blue-hand-out-th/

The Lake Placid Police Department would like to remind everyone to please lock their vehicles. We are currently investigating several reports of unlocked cars being gone through in and around the Village. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact us at 518-523-3306.

A good reminder and why we have recently been asking numerous people to stay off the ice on Mirror Lake. No ice is safe ice.

Drive safely this holiday season and never drink and drive #stopdwi STOP DWI New York

Our friends from New York State DEC in Ray Brook asked us to share this flyer, please call if you have seen Shadow.

The Lake Placid Village overnight parking ban is now in effect until April 30th, 2021.

Just a reminder, there is no official trick-or-treating on Main Street this year, but check out some of the outdoor Halloween movie offerings in the tri-lakes, including right here in Lake Placid (co-sponsored by the Lake Placid Police Department).

The Lake Placid Police Department mourns the loss of Chief Horace Pratt, who served the Village of Lake Placid as a Police Officer for 29 years. Chief Pratt was in office during the 1980 Winter Olympic Games. #1980winterolympics #RIP

We would like the public to be aware that we have received a complaint from a local business in reference to counterfeit bills being passed as real currency. Here is an example of one of the bills that you can see is marked as "FOR MOTION PICTURE USE ONLY". Watch out for these bills and please contact us if you encounter one. We have seen 5, 10 and 20 denominations.

A reminder that there will be a scheduled power outage tonight