Harry Buffardi is a 30 year veteran of the Schenectady County Sheriff’s Office. He has served in every level within the Office, including eight years as Undersheriff. For a four year period, he was assigned to the Capital District Drug Enforcement Task Force where he served as a team leader with investigators from DEA, State Police, Sheriff’s Offices and municipal police agencies. He was the first full service K-9 dog handler in Upstate NY. In 1999, he was selected as Advisory Board Member of Municipal Police Training Academy Zone 5, and in 2001, elected Chairman of the Schenectady County Traffic Safety Board. That same year, Sheriff Buffardi was commissioned by the New York State Sheriffs’ Association to help set up and command the Cadaver Dog K-9 Teams, the Freshkill Landfill crime scene site on Staten Island for the World Trade Center disaster. The Sheriff has a Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice from SUNY Empire State College and a Masters Degree from Syracuse University. He has attended numerous law enforcement and corrections schools. He serves on the faculty at the Schenectady Community College. Sheriff Buffardi has written an important academic paper titled The History of the Office of Sheriff. It can be found on the internet at www.hostpc.com/buffardi/. Schenectady County has a population of 149,946 and an area of 207 square miles.

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