NEW YORK – They patrol city streets and often times are on the front line of major crimes and now NYPD’s Auxiliary Police Force is ... check and once-a-week training, which lasts roughly ...

Increased penalties for attacking and/or injuring Auxiliary Police Officers ... Mandated regular reporting by NYPD to City Council on Auxiliary Program statistics such as equipment, vehicles, training ...

151; -- New York City police officials are now recommending ... The dress-code warning is not the only precaution the NYPD is taking today. Auxiliary officers, who are unarmed, are not being ...

Athena Capo-Battaglia, an 18-year-old volunteer with the New York Police Department ... possible, auxiliary officers assist in the non-enforcement and non-hazardous duties of NYPD officers ...

NEW YORK-- The NYPD is starting to train officers in Brazilian jiu jitsu, a specialized form of martial arts. CBS New York went to the Police Academy ... of the Tactical Training Unit.

"A big part of the auxiliary police is building connections between the community ... Capo-Battaglia was also training twice a week with the NYPD to learn proper protocols. Then, last March, she ...