Editing Shandaken, New York (section)

==Services==
The town paramedic ambulance service is also provided to residents of the towns of [[Olive, New York|Olive]], [[Lexington, New York|Lexington]], and [[Westkill, New York|Westkill]]. The town also has a police department located at 64 SR 42 in the hamlet of Shandaken; it was originally established as a [[constabulary]], and became a police department in the early 1990s. The police department consists of four full-time and nine part-time members, and is dispatched by through the [[Ulster County, New York|Ulster County]] sheriff's office. The sheriff's office has a post located within the town offices located on Route 28, which is not staffed continuously. There are two emergency call boxes located in the town, one on the north-facing side of the town hall (SR 28) and the other on the south-facing side of the town police department (located on SR 42)

The Shandaken Justice Court is a part-time court, housed within the town offices on SR 28; it handles all traffic violations, misdemeanor criminal cases, and civil cases. Traffic court is held every Tuesday with few exceptions.