Middletown Police Chief Announces Retirement

MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. – Middletown Police Chief Ramon Bethencourt will retire at the end of July.

Middletown Police Chief Ramon Bethencourt will retire at the end of the month.
Photo Credit: *Middletown Police Department*

07/13/2017 2:00 p.m.

Bethencourt began his career with the Middletown Police Department in December of 1992, rising through the ranks to become Orange County’s first African-American Chief of Police in February of 2010.

Bethencourt previously served as a patrolman for the Village of Ellenville Police, from 1989 until his appointment to the Middletown Police Department. He is a graduate of the 233rd Session of the prestigious FBI National Academy.

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