City of Baltimore - File #: 09-0146R

• File #: 09-0146R
• Version: 0
• Name: Investigative Hearing - Baltimore City Auxiliary Police Unit
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 9/14/2009
• In control: Public Safety and Health Committee
• Final action: 5/3/2010
• Title: Investigative Hearing - Baltimore City Auxiliary Police Unit FOR the purpose of requesting the Baltimore Police Commissioner and the Coordinator of the Auxiliary Police Unit to report to the City Council on the historic and current use of Auxiliary Police in Baltimore City, requirements for service, training program components, and any plans for expansion in size and deployment of the Unit.
• Sponsors: Belinda Conaway, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, James B. Kraft, Sharon Green Middleton, President Young, Mary Pat Clarke, Agnes Welch, Bill Henry, Robert Curran, Helen L. Holton, Warren Branch, Rochelle Spector, Edward Reisinger, Stephanie President Rawlings-Blake
• Indexes: Police, Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/3/2010	0	Public Safety and Health Committee	Recommended Favorably
5/3/2010	0	City Council	Adopted
10/19/2009	0	Public Safety and Health Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
9/17/2009	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
9/14/2009	0	City Council	Introduced
9/14/2009	0	City Council	Assigned
9/14/2009	0	Public Safety and Health Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Conaway


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Investigative Hearing - Baltimore City Auxiliary Police Unit

FOR the purpose of requesting the Baltimore Police Commissioner and the Coordinator of the Auxiliary Police Unit to report to the City Council on the historic and current use of Auxiliary Police in Baltimore City, requirements for service, training program components, and any plans for expansion in size and deployment of the Unit.
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The Reserve Police Officers Association, a leading association for reserve, auxiliary, and special law enforcement officers, reports that reserve law enforcement has been in existence before the concept of modern policing took hold in the mid to late 19th century. In the 1940s, many communities across the United States, including Baltimore City, created volunteer auxiliary police units to provide law enforcement services to communities that had lost manpower to the military and needed extra protection during the war.

The Public Local Laws provide for the creation of Baltimore City’s Auxiliary Police Force: “to be used only to render assistance to the Police Department in service functions including, but not limited to, traffic, communications and clerical duties. The purpose of the Auxiliary Police Force is to relieve the regular police personnel for law enforcement duties.” The unit has consistently comprise...