NY State Association of Auxiliary Police

President- Glenn Kearney

Vice President- Jason Lukasiewicz
Treasurer- Jeremiah E. Dunne
Secretary- Michael Stewart
Sgt. at Arms- Seth Gilman
Region 1- George Walsh
Region 2- Larry Gluckman
Region 3- George Clapp
Region 4- Vacant
Region 5- J. Phil Andrews
Region 6- Bryan Barish

To E-Mail any of the Board Members Click Here

Please Support the Volunteer Peace Officer's Benefit Law

This legislation is vastly important to:

1) Consolidate uniformed volunteer members of law enforcement agencies within the State of New York, including but not limited to Auxiliary Police, Special Deputy Sheriffs, Reserve Sheriffs/Police, Special Police, Reserve Police, SPCA, SPCC, Search and Rescue Squads, and Public Safety Emergency Officers.
2) Establish legal authority for law-enforcement agencies to conduct volunteer law enforcement operations.
3) Establish legal authority for volunteer officers to perform their duties.
4) Establish recruiting standards.
5) Increase minimal training standards.
6) Provide deserved benefits.
7) Protect uniformed volunteers in law enforcement agencies. and
8) Protect law enforcement agencies from liability lawsuits due to lack of workers compensation coverage.

Passage of this legislation will legalize existing volunteer officers and operations as well as help recruit and retain current members.

See this Article about the legal arguments for this Legislation http://www.hurt911.org/articles/auxiliary_police_liability.html

See this Article to see what the benefits are http://www.auxiliary-police.org/vpobenefits.htm

The Bill numbers are A04368 & S03701

I am asking everyone to write to their State Senator, State Assemblymember & The Governor to urge the passage of these bills.

To find out who you should write to see http://nymap.elections.state.ny.us/nysboe/ Type in your address and hit the find button. Then hit the Info button. You should see the name of your State Senator & Assemblymember.

To Write To The Governor:
David Paterson
State Capitol
Albany, NY 12224

The New York State Association of Auxiliary Police represents members of Auxiliary, Special & Reserve Departments in New York State.

NYSAAP IS A FRATERNAL GROUP SUPPORTED SOLELY BY ITS MEMBERS. WE DO NOT SEEK OR ACCEPT DONATIONS IN ANY MANNER FROM THE PUBLIC.

The primary purpose and objective of the Association is to promote and improve the benefits of its members, promote the understanding and cooperation between members of the Association and of professional Law Enforcement agencies with whom they interact, and promote the value of volunteer Law Enforcement programs to the communities they serve.

The secondary purpose and objective of the Association shall be to set a standard to allow Auxiliary Units to be organized in municipalities, many of which may not have such organizations as of yet, and assist in legislation that may need to be set or amended.

The Association helps the Departments share ideas for Recruitment and Training on their AOL Group. This is the best place to get info on what's happening. The State is very big, so the group doesn't get to meet as often as we would like. So the AOL group has become the "virtual meeting room."

We keep the members informed of any bills in Albany that may have an impact on them.

We believe Uniformed Volunteers, working with and under the direction of their local law enforcement, should receive similar benefits and protection as those given to Volunteer Fire Fighters & Volunteer Ambulance Corps Members. We recognize the need for statewide standards & training. We support any legislation required to achieve this goal.

Please see WHY WE NEED NEW LEGISLATION FOR CLASSIFICATION AS VOLUNTEER PEACE OFFICERS

Over the years, many good bills have been introduced in Albany for Auxiliary Police. But, they never get to the floor to be voted on.

The State Association is not suppose to replace any local associations. We are here to help them. We encourage local participation & control. but, No matter how good a piece of legislation is, you can't get enough support in Albany with just your local legislators.

You need all of us, calling our own legislators to get statewide support.

Future goals of the association include:

Supporting legislation that will give us equality with the benefits of Volunteer Fire Fighters.

Holding bi-annual Conventions in various parts of the state with a Parade of Volunteers, like the old state association had in the 1970's.

Offering training to local volunteer police units on a statewide standard.

Assisting local units with recruiting

Seeking funding for local programs

Offering web space & e-mail for local programs

Offering assistance to other programs outside of New York State in setting up a state association of their own.

Working with other associations and State & the federal governments on ways we can help with home land security and how we can help Volunteer Programs like these operate nationwide.

If you are not already member of a local Progam and would like more infomation on joining
a local Volunteer Police Progam in New York State
Look for a link below or
Click Here
to contact us.

We welcome new members from
from any Uniformed Volunteers of
Police Departments in
New York State

Departments like:

and Volunteer LE Officers with any New York SPCA & SPCC