• VINE Coordinator of the Year from the Renesselaer County Sheriff's Office
    Lieutenant David Hetman was been named the 2012 VINE Coordinator of the Year by the New York State Sheriffs’ Association Institute. Over the years Lieutenant David Hetman has demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to the VINE Program in Rensselaer County. He has diligently tested and validated all aspects of the installation process when the VINE system was started up. Since that time he has...
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  • VINE Coordinator of the Year from the Renesselaer County Sheriff's Office
    Lieutenant David Hetman was been named the 2012 VINE Coordinator of the Year by the New York State Sheriffs’ Association Institute. Over the years Lieutenant David Hetman has demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to the VINE Program in Rensselaer County. He has diligently tested and validated all aspects of the installation process when the VINE system was started up. Since that time he has...
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  • 2010 VINE Statistics
    January 1 – December 31, 2010  Statistical Report on VINE              104,159 crime victims called the toll-free phone number 1-888-VINE-4-NY from January 1 - December 30, 2010 to determine the custody status of inmates incarcerated in the New York City Correction Department (Key Pad #1), the New York State Department of Correctional...
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  • The Crime Victim's Security Blanket
    What do these crime victims have in common?  Mary, a rape victim, calls the toll-free number 1-888-VINE-4-NY every night before she goes to bed to verify that her assailant is still in jail.  In the morning, as she readies herself for work, she calls again to be sure that he is still locked up.  James , a high school sophomore, calls 1-888-VINE-4-NY, just before he leaves for...
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  • 2009 VINE Statistics
    2009 Statistical Report on VINE In 2009 a total of 131,220 phone calls were made to the toll-free phone number 1-888-VINE-4-NY. They were made to determine the custody status of inmates incarcerated in a New York City Department of Correction (Key Pad #1), a New York State Department of Correctional Services (Key Pad #2) and one of 60 Local County Correctional Facilities (Key Pad #3).  These...
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