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

Get a copy of the bill Click Here

Click Here to see a Resolution from Seneca County in support of this bill.

Click Here to see a Memorandum of Support from NYSAAP

Click Here to see a Memorandum of Support from RPOA

Click here to see a Letter of Support from APSBA

Click here to see a Letter of Support from the Nassau County Auxiliary Police.

We need more of these from Villages, Towns, Cities, & Counties in NY State.
If you belong to a civic association, we need a letter of support.

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

We also support the following Legislation:

A7957-A / S6102-A AN ACT to amend the executive law, the criminal procedure law, the general business law and the public officers law, in relation to peace officer training. This bill has passed the Assembly on 6/11/09 but still needs to pass in the Senate.This bill will allow the Division of  Criminal Justice Services to increase our training requirements.   If we expect the same benefits as a Volunteer Fire Fighter or Volunteer Ambulance Worker, we must have a statewide standard of training that is equal to their level of training.   In our bill S3701-A  The Volunteer Peace Officer Benefit Law we have set the standard requiring "Applicant must pass a training course prescribed by the division of criminal justice services." The Municipal Police Training Council is DCJS. We felt that this would allow them to set the standard for training, but DCJS is not allowed to require more the 10 hours of training for part-time Peace Officers and 35 hours for full-time Peace Officers.   A security guard has more then 10 hours of training!!!   Most Auxiliary Police have at least 50 hours of training but receive a Part-time Peace Officer Training certificate.
This is because the employer adds the extra training.   Some departments can add over 100 hours of extra training while others don't add any extra training. This is not a standard!!   We must allow DCJS to set a statewide standard that is reasonable. The maximum being 180 hours of training.
See a7957 and s6102.pdf
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT s6102a.pdf

A6973 / S4576 The Auxiliary Police Officer Protection Act. This bill passed in the senate last year but not in the assembly. It will add Auxiliary Police, TEA & School Safety to subdivision 3 of section 120.05 of the Penal Law to make it an assault in the second degree, a class D felony, to injure an auxiliary police officer, traffic enforcement agent (TEA) or school safety personnel with the intent to prevent such auxiliary police officer, TEA or school safety personnel from performing his or her duty. The TEA already has this, They got a bill passed last year with a different bill, but we weren't on that bill. Volunteer Firefighters & Volunteer Ambulance Workers already are on the list & if A4368 / S3701 passed we would have been on the list already too.
See The Auxiliary Police Officer Protection Act.pdf
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT s4576.pdf
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT a6973.pdf

A7256-A / S3902-A Grants additional credit of five points to auxiliary police officers in competitive examinations. This bill Grants additional credit of five points to auxiliary police officers in competitive examinations for original appointment or promotion to a civil service position with the city, town or village of his residence. Volunteer Firefighters & Volunteer Ambulance Workers already have this and if A4368 / S3701 passed we would have already had this too.
See a7256 and s3902.pdf
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT s3902.pdf
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT a7256.pdf