The New York State Association of Auxiliary Police, inc.

  The New York State Association of Auxiliary Police, Inc. is a type A Not for Profit trade association incorporated in 1973 as the New York State Auxiliary Police Association, Inc. in Dutchess County, NY. In 2001 we re-organized as NYSAAP  and we have been representing members of Uniformed Volunteers in Law Enforcement, primarily Auxiliary Police in New York State every since. We now have over 700 members.

  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 which 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 local Departments share ideas for Recruitment and Training on its website and its Yahoo webgroup.

We also keep the members informed of any bills in Albany that may have an impact on them and lobby bills on their behalf.

   We work with the local  departments, units & member  associations through our 6 regional committees. Each region has a Regional President that also serves on our State Executive Assembly.

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.