Directs local law enforcement agencies in municipalities authorizing an auxiliary police force by local law to provide retirement service identification cards to auxiliary police officers who retire with 10 or more years of service or who are injured in the course of duty and unable to continue duty due to such injury.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A1367
SPONSOR: Colton TITLE OF BILL:
An act in relation to the issuance of retirement service identification
cards to auxiliary police officers
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Any person serving or who has served as an auxiliary police officer,
providing voluntary participation in a local law enforcement agency
shall be entitled to a retirement service identification card.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Subdivision 2 requires that any person who has served as an auxiliary
police officer shall receive a retirement service identification card.
Such retirement service identification card shall be issued by the sane
entity that issues the identification card carried by auxiliary police
officers during their period of service. These cards will be given out
provided that the officer is in good standing for at least 10 years
prior to retirement or, retired as a result of an injury that occurred
during their duties for the law enforcement agency that rendered them
permanently making them unable to continue service. The retirement
service card shall include the name of the officer, identify the holder
as a retired auxiliary police officer, indicate the years the holder has
served in the force, and issue a thanks to the retired auxiliary officer
for their service. The cost of the card issued shall be borne by the
local law enforcement agency the officer served with, if they had worked
with two or more agencies, the cost should be divided equally among the
agencies.
Subdivision 3 provides that nothing in this act shall be constructed to
grant any pension benefits, entitlement to pension benefits or enroll-
ment in any pension plans for retires auxiliary police officers.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE):
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JUSTIFICATION:
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Auxiliary officers serve their communities on a voluntary basis, assist-
ing police officers taking part in crowd control, traffic control, first
responder responsibilities, patrolling, and any other duties that assist
the police force in their area.
Currently, when an auxiliary officer retires from the force, they have
no proof that they served as an auxiliary officer. These auxiliary offi-
cers put in a lot of voluntary, unpaid work that directly benefits and
protects our communities. For these efforts to go unrecognized after
their retirement is unfair especially given the commitment and service
they have provided to our communities.
For such dedication to our communities, auxiliary officers should not be
forgotten after their retirement and they should be awarded recognition.
IDs with proof of their service will serve as a thanks for their
devotion to our communities.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
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NONE
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become a law
