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Englewood and Alpine Sections of Palisades Interstate Park to Close Due to Storm Damage Palisades Interstate Park Commission
Alpine, NJ - The Palisades Interstate Park Commission (PIPC) has announced that due to damage from intense runoff and flooding generated by heavy rain on August 6, 2024, sections of Palisades Interstate Park are closed. Affected areas include the Park's Englewood and Alpine Recreation Areas, and Henry Hudson Drive between Englewood and Alpine. Ross Dock Picnic (more…)
Accreditation Assessment Team Invites Public Comment
Palisades Interstate Parkway Police / Bergen NJ, A team of assessors from the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police (NJSACOP) on Tuesday May 14th, 2024 will examine all aspects of the Palisades Interstate Parkway policies and procedures, management, operations, and support services, Chief Steven Shallop announced today. (more…)
Rollover Accident
The Palisades Interstate Parkway Police were dispatched to a rollover motor vehicle accident with a vehicle fire at 2320 hrs on August 2, 2020. The occupants were assisted out of the vehicle by passing motorists prior to police arrival. The drive, a 52-year-old female from Demarest, New Jersey had immediate lifesaving medical care rendered by Parkway Police Officers who arrived on the scene. During the crash, the driver sustained a leg amputation and was actively bleeding out. Sergeant Martin Clancy and Police Officer Elizabeth Santos immediately applied Officer Santos' tourniquet to the driver and in turn were able to save her life. Their quick and decisive lifesaving actions reflects great credit upon themselves and the Palisades Parkway Police.
Lewdness
On Wednesday, March 11, 2020, at approximately 1415 hours, the Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Department received a call of a male partly dressed in female clothing exposing his genitals to park patrons in the Ross Dock Picnic area. Police immediately responded. The subject was described as a male subject wearing a red-haired wig, black dress, high heels and driving a black Audi. Sgt. G. Kimbro advised that he had a subject matching that description pulled over on the road north of the Ross Dock Picnic area. (more…)
Crisis Intervention
On Thursday, October 24, 2019, at approximately 0425 hours, the Palisades Interstate Parkway Police received a 911 transfer from the Englewood Cliffs Police Department reporting a possibly emotionally disturbed male in the Rockefeller Lookout. The Rockefeller Lookout is a scenic overlook along the Palisades Interstate Parkway in the Englewood Cliffs section. The caller reported that a person appeared to be attempting to drive their vehicle over the cliff’s edge. (more…)
Cliff Rescue
On Monday, October 21, 2019, at approximately 1320 hours, Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Officers were dispatched to assist three lost hikers in the area of The Giant Stairs. The hikers had left the marked trail and proceeded to the location where they were unable to safely continue hiking. The Giant Stairs is an area of the hiking trails located along the Hudson River in the Alpine Section of the Palisades Interstate Park. The Giant Stairs area consists of a boulder field and the terrain is steep and rocky. (more…)
Overdose
On Sunday, October 20, 2019, The Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Department was notified by the Norwood Police Department that a suicidal male party was possibly traveling to the Stateline Lookout in a white 2018 Lexus. Stateline Lookout is in the Alpine, NJ section the Palisades Interstate Park. Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Officers responded to the Stateline Lookout and located the vehicle and the male party who was still inside. Officers at the scene reported that the male party was unconscious, and the vehicle was locked and in reverse. (more…)
Fatal Motorcycle Crash
On August 10, 2019, at about 2:27 PM, The Palisades Interstate Parkway Police received 911 calls reporting a motorcycle crash on the southbound Palisades Interstate Parkway Exit 4 ramp in the Alpine Section. Upon arrival, officers began to assist civilians who had already started first aid and CPR. PIP Officers also deployed an AED. Englewood Hospital Paramedics, Rockland County Paramedics, Closter Rescue, and South Orangetown Ambulance Corps responded and took over patient care. (more…)
Vehicle Pursuit
On July 26, 2019, at about 02218 AM, Officers of the Palisades Interstate Parkway Police observed a speeding vehicle Southbound on the Palisades Interstate Parkway in the Englewood Cliffs Section. Upon observing the violation, they attempted to initiate a traffic stop. When the officers activated their emergency lights and sirens to signal for the vehicle to stop, the operator accelerated and refused to pull into the shoulder. (more…)
Motorcycle Crash
On Sunday, May 19, 2019 at about 0621 Hrs. Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Officers were dispatched to a report of a motorcycle crash on the southbound Palisades Interstate Parkway in the Alpine Section. Upon arrival, Officers located an overturned motorcycle on the center median, the operator had been ejected. The operator was identified as Mark S. Acker, 59, of Rockland County, NY. Mr. Acker is a Motor Officer from Rockland County (more…)
2-24-19 MVA with 11 Injured
On Sunday February 24, 2019 at about 0244 AM, Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Officers responded to reports of a crash on the southbound Palisades Interstate Parkway in the Alpine Section. Upon arrival, Officers located a Ford E350 passenger van that had run off the road and (more…)
2-22-19 Uber Driver Assaulted
On February 22, 2019 at about 930 PM, an Uber driver, Mr. Anthony Delacruz Taveras, 21, of Haverstraw, NY, stopped his vehicle on the Palisades Interstate Parkway in the Englewood Cliffs Section. There he alerted a Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Officer that he had been assaulted (more…)