POUGHKEEPSIE – Dutchess County Sheriff Kirk Imperati and the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office answered 51,635 calls for service in 2022, which is a substantial decrease from 2020 when the department responded to 63,658 calls. The number of arrests in 2022 is also down from 2020 when the agency made 654 arrests, compared to 620 arrests in 2022.
The most memorable call with a positive outcome in 2022, according to Imperati, occurred in June in the town of Wappinger. At 6:20 p.m. that day, Deputy Amber Perrotta responded to a report of a male subject who had collapsed and was not breathing. When the deputy arrived, Imperati said, she immediately began CPR and continued until the ambulance arrived with EMTs on board.
The patient was promptly transported to a Poughkeepsie hospital in serious condition.
At the hospital, the patient’s wife was incorrectly informed by doctors that her husband was not going to survive. The patient survived, according to first responders, because of the quick actions of Deputy Perrotta and the EMTs.
Imperati recently told Mid-Hudson News of Perrotta’s memorable call and praised the work of his deputy. “Amber Perrotta exemplifies law enforcement. She answered the call for assistance and put the needs and health of another above hers.” The sheriff called her “a true hero and a tremendous example of what a deputy sheriff should be in serving the residents of our great county.”
Perrotta was honored with a “life-saving” award by the Town of Wappinger at a ceremony in the fall of 2022.
