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==Emergency services== [[File:SHFD1.jpg|thumb|One of the three fire engines during a parade in nearby [[Pleasantville, New York|Pleasantville]]]] {{As of|2014}}, the village's police department had 27 officers, four school crossing guards, and three civilian employees.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sleepyhollowny.gov/police-department|title=Police Department|website=Village of Sleepy Hollow|access-date=July 28, 2014|archive-date=August 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140830110754/http://www.sleepyhollowny.gov/police-department|url-status=live}}</ref> The village is also served by the [[New York State Police]] and [[Westchester County Department of Public Safety]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.altmanlawoffice.com/lawyer-attorney-1879261.html|title=Sleepy Hollow Village Court|website=Law Office of Jared Altman|access-date=July 28, 2014|archive-date=August 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811020851/http://www.altmanlawoffice.com/lawyer-attorney-1879261.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Police officers from the villages of Sleepy Hollow and [[Dobbs Ferry]], the town of [[Greenburgh]], and the New York State Police make up a Marine / H.E.A.T. Unit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greenburghny.com/cit-e-access/webpage.cfm?TID=10&TPID=2874|title=Special Operations Unit|website=Greenburgh Police Department|access-date=July 28, 2014|archive-date=July 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728183039/http://www.greenburghny.com/cit-e-access/webpage.cfm?TID=10&TPID=2874|url-status=dead}}</ref> As of 2006, police base salaries in Sleepy Hollow were low compared to other Westchester County forces, in part due to the lower tax base.<ref>{{cite journal|title=What's Fair and What's Enough..., Negotiating A New Police Contract|author=Robert Bonvento|date=July 28, 2006|url=http://www.riverjournalonline.com/villages/sleepyhollow/358-Whats-Fair-and-Whats-Enough....html|journal=River Journal|access-date=July 28, 2014|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924091520/http://www.riverjournalonline.com/villages/sleepyhollow/358-Whats-Fair-and-Whats-Enough....html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Sleepy Hollow Fire Department began with organization of the North Tarrytown Fire Patrol on May 26, 1876. Within 25 years it had grown to five companies in three fire stations. As of 2019, there were three engines, one tower ladder, one rescue, and other equipment. The fire department is run by volunteers and responds to over 300 calls each year. The local hospital, [[Phelps Memorial Hospital|Phelps Memorial]], responds to hundreds of emergencies per year.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://knowtorious.webfactional.com/node/2971|title=Sleepy Hollow Firefighters Well Equipped to Protect Village|journal=The Hudson Independent|author=Janie Rosman|date=July 7, 2012|access-date=July 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728172854/http://knowtorious.webfactional.com/node/2971|archive-date=July 28, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Emergency medical services]] in Sleepy Hollow depend on volunteers assisted by paid staff. The Ambulance Corps has two basic life support ambulances. Mount Pleasant Paramedics provides advanced life support.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sleepyhollowny.gov/ambulance-corp|title=Ambulance Corp|website=Village of Sleepy Hollow|access-date=July 28, 2014|archive-date=June 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140617193527/http://www.sleepyhollowny.gov/ambulance-corp|url-status=live}}</ref>
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