Emergency Service Unit

The Westchester County Department of Correction's Emergency Service Unit (ESU) is a team of highly trained correction officers and supervisors whose primary function is to respond to all emergency that might occur on a daily basis. All ESU staff training consists of defensive tactics, firearms, chemical agents, riot control and less than lethal force applications.

In existence since 1994, the unit responds to between 500 and 600 incidents  each year.  Incidents include Inmate altercations, assaults on staff, elevator rescues, Hostage rescues ect. 

Below are some photographs of the Westchester County Department of Correction Emergency Service Unit.  This unit is also known as ESU.

On a recent Tactical Search Operation the above weapons were recovered from an Inmate housing area.