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Title of bill
An act to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to definition of auxiliary police officer
Summary
This bill would amend Section 1.20 of the Criminal Procedure Law adding a new paragraph 34-b to define auxiliary police officer.
Justification
Auxiliary police officers are volunteers from the community, serving without pay. The duties and activities of auxiliary police vary considerably. In upstate communities, auxiliary police direct traffic at parades, fairs, special events and church crossings. They check vacation homes, participate in emergency rescues and searches for missing persons, ride as second man in patrol cars and perform administrative work for police departments. Downstate, and in larger cities, auxiliary police patrol trains, subway platforms and bus terminals. They perform neighborhood watches and patrols and assist police in crowd control. Auxiliary police educate the public in crime prevention techniques, engrave valuable property with the owner's drivers license or I.D. number, patrol the streets and report illegal activities to the appropriate law enforcement agency. They check doors and windows to make sure they are locked and that no one has or can gain entry illegally, and patrol in squad cars in an effort to reduce vandalism.
There are several pieces of proposed legislation which would grant auxiliary police certain privileges, prohibit actions against them, or create new penal restrictions respecting this special category of officers. In order to set a precedent for future legislation which uses the term auxiliary police officer, we must first have in place a statutory definition of said officers. In addition, this bill would eliminate the confusion that seems to abound regarding auxiliary police. A commonly held misconception is that auxiliary police are in fact full police officers and afforded the same rights and privileges as police officer's or peace officers. This bill would serve to identify auxiliary police and would clarify the responsibilities of same.
Fiscal implication
Enactment of this legislation has no fiscal impact to the State, but has the potential to be of positive fiscal impact to the families and spouses of slain Auxiliary police Officers.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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