Talk:New York City Police Department Auxiliary Police

It seems significant to the history of the program that two auxiliaries were shot and killed on March 14, 2007. I'm not sure how that should best be incorporated into the article. Any thoughts? 160.39.19.250 04:02, 15 March 2007 (UTC)mithras


 * OK mithras prophet, I wrote a new section about Auxiliary Officer safety. I tried to hit the major points that people will be curious about following this tragedy.  From the pictures coming out of the scene it looks like the A/POs were NOT wearing vests. Browsing grammarian 05:06, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

It should be noted that after the unfortunate shooting of the two A/POs that the city decided to fund vests for Auxiliaries

Perhaps someone can find some stories portraying Auxiliaries in a more positive light? Half the stories in that section are about Auxiliaries getting attacked (which really doesn't relate to the article at all) and the other half are about guys who got arrested. Unless someone can find some more positive stories, maybe the section should be removed for POV reasons? What does everyone else think? 148.100.220.91 03:57, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

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This article is a C-class article IMO. It has WP:MOS violations and has sections that are either entirely or largely unreferenced. See WP:1.0/B for a description of what is needed for a B-class article. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 18:09, 12 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Look at the NYPD page and you will see that there are alot more unreferenced pieces of info, yet that page is B class. (t) 19:20, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
 * The NYPD article is 104 kb and has 71 references. This page has 12 references in 27 kb.  The unreferenced sections in NYPD are proportionately smaller compared to this page.  Downgrading this one to C-class. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 22:23, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I added 16 references. Upgrading it to B-class MOOOOOPS (t) 00:12, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, nice work. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 00:47, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. --MOOOOOPS (t) 02:33, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Flag
Why is the flag listed as the Aux unit flag? It appears to be the flag for the NYPD as a whole. Tried to place a link to the flag here, but all it kept doing was putting the image on the talk page =/ Paladin656 (talk) 04:32, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I fixed the page so now, below the flag, is a caption that says "Flag of the New York City Police Department". MOOOOOPS (talk) 06:27, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

NPOV? Hardly...
"The Transit Auxiliary Forces are comprised mainly of people who were not eligilbe to become sworn officers. Most would not be able to pass the physical and psychological tests. In addittion, a great many have poor social skills and have been unsuccessful in their personal lives. It is common for them to live with their mothers into their 40's and remain single for their entire lives. Many wear the badge of 'nerd' proudly. Wearing a uniform that closely resembles a real officer's affords them a sense of purpose in their otherwise empty lives." I'll remove it. Mathmo Talk 10:44, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

"As of April 2007, this unit is suspended from patrols for retaliatory reasons," Can this be referenced? Marcgaynor (talk) 04:28, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

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Cheers.—cyberbot II  Talk to my owner :Online 04:27, 3 March 2016 (UTC) =Commanders= The article does not make clear the status of the Commander and other senior ranks. If I understand correctly, they are not promoted from within the ranks but come from the regular police.Bill (talk) 08:37, 26 July 2021 (UTC)