Hempstead Town Provides $19,000 In Grants To Auxiliary Police

Supervisor Anthony J. Santino and the Hempstead Town Board are helping the volunteers who help police officers by awarding various Auxiliary Police Units $19,000 to fund their training.

The funding will provide $500 per unit in incorporated villages and $1,000 per unit in unincorporated hamlets. The Civil Defense Auxiliary Police assist in many police activities, such as crowd control, roadway crossing assistance and traffic control.

“The assistance that the men and women of the Auxiliary Police provide to our great police departments directly contributes to making America’s largest township one of the safest places in which to live and raise a family,” said Santino. “The Town of Hempstead is honored to be able to provide assistance to this group of volunteers.”

The town executed agreements to provide $500 to the Civil Defense Auxiliary Units of East Rockaway, Lynbrook, Rockville Centre and Stewart Manor for 2017. The town also agreed to provide $1,000 to units that serve the unincorporated areas of Baldwin, Bellmore, East Meadow, Elmont, the Five Towns, Lakeview, Levittown, Merrick, North Bellmore, Oceanside, Roosevelt, Seaford, South Hempstead, Uniondale, Wantagh and West Hempstead.

The funding provided by the Town of Hempstead will be used by each unit to recruit, equip and train its members. If you are interested in joining your local Auxiliary Police Force please go to their website to fill out an application at http://pdcnaux.org/recruitment.html.

Photo: Town of Hempstead