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This unit is divided into two parts. The first section accounts situations in which volunteers have been seriously injured or killed.
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James Barron and Corey Kilgannon, “Auxiliary Officers Know the Limitations, and Dangers, When they Volunteer,” New York Times, March 16, 2007, 5.
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Thomas J. Lueck, “Benefits Denied for Officer’s Kin, Stirring Criticism,” New York Times, March 25, 2008; Thomas J. Lueck, “US Benefits for Families of 2 Officers,”New York Times, April 25, 2008.
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Leonard Buder, “2 in Auxiliary to Police Cited in Gunfire Hoax,” New York Times, July 24, 1981.
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Stuart Pfeifer,“ Gang Member Gets 14 Years for Shooting Police Officer,” Orange County Register, July 29, 1995.
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Philip Devenentis, “Vests for Auxiliary Cops Sought,”Twin-Boro News, July 27, 2013.
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Pamela Manson, “Brothers get Prison Term for Shots at Watch Patrol,” Salt Lake Tribune, July 19, 2004; Ashley Broughton, “Civilian Patrollers Shrug off Attack, Fighting Mad: Despite being Chased and Shot at, the women refuse to quit,” Salt Lake Tribune, July 26, 2003.
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“Dale City Brothers Charged in Shooting,” Washington Post, January 14, 1998 “Dale City Man Convicted in Shooting, Robbery Case,” Richmond Times Dispatch, June 24, 1998.
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Jennifer Levitz, “Volunteer 5-0: Civilian Patrols Grow as Recession Puts Citizens on Guard,” Wall Street Journal, September 8, 2009, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125235840966590631.html.
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Anne Lindberg, “Chief Guts Volunteer Police Program,” St. Petersburg Times, March 21, 2001.
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Laura Summers, “Ex-Reserve Officer Charged,” Tulsa World, May 2, 2009.
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Priyanka Dayal, “Medford Part-Time Officer Charged; Impersonation; Reckless Driving,” Telegram & Gazette, November 29, 2008.
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Bartels, E.C. (2014). Dangers and Misconduct. In: Volunteer Police in the United States. SpringerBriefs in Criminology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02365-6_4
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