Staff Services Division

The Staff Services Division provides essential support functions to both the Patrol Division and Detective Division. The Staff Services Division is comprised of both sworn officers and civilian members of the department and is responsible for Communications, Records Management, Public Information, Information Technology (IT), Animal Control, Facility Maintenance, and Finance/Budgeting.

Lieutenant James Graham,
​Staff Commander

Lieutenant Graham was raised in Yorktown and joined the City of White Plains Police Department in 1990.  In 1992, he joined the Yorktown Police Department, where he was assigned to the Patrol Division.  While a member of the Yorktown PBA, he served two terms as PBA Vice President in 1994 and 2002 and two terms as President in 1995 and 1996.  Lieutenant Graham became a Pistol Armorer in 1997 and a Shotgun Armorer in 1998.  In 1999, he attended the FBI Firearms Instructor School and also became a Police General Topics Instructor.  In 1999, he became a department Field Training Officer.

In 2004, he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant and served in the Patrol Division while continuing his instructor and armorer duties. In 2007, he began obtaining federal reimbursement funding for ballistic body armor. In 2011, he was assigned as the Administrative Sergeant of the Detective Division where he supervised the day-to-day operations of the Detective/Juvenile Divisions, the department's Property and Evidence system and the Field Training Program.

In June of 2016, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Where he was assigned as the Operations Commander.  In January of 2025 he was assigned as the Staff Division Commander.   Lieutenant Graham's duties cover both sworn officers and civilian members of the department and is responsible for Communications, Records Management, Public Information, Information Technology (IT), Animal Control, Facility Maintenance, and Finance/Budgeting.