Bel Air Auxillary
 Bel Air Auxiliary Police
Bel Air Town Seal
 

Bel Air Police Department
39 N. Hickory Ave. Bel Air, MD 21014
Unit Coordinator: Cpl. Ben Lay #82
410-638-4500

  


Unit Established: 1972

Organizational Values: Respect, Commitment and Communication

The Bel Air Auxiliary Police Unit is a compliment of volunteer citizen police officers whose duties are to assist in the delivery of police services to the community for preservation of the public peace, safety, and good order as stated and authorized by the Bel Air Town Code.

Volunteering helps save the Bel Air Police Department an estimated $100,000 each year. A volunteer auxiliary police force provides backup and support services at all levels of the police department.

The Auxiliary unit enhances the Police Department's operational and administrative efforts. Auxiliary Officers must conform to all general orders, rules and regulations of the department. They are not sworn officers and do not have the powers of arrest, carry firearms or the authority equivalent to a regular police officer.

General Duties of an Auxiliary Police Officer:

  • Ride on patrol with regular (paid) officers as backup
  • Patrol assigned areas with another Auxiliary Officer
  • Provide asistance for deparmental call-outs, for events such as:
  • Natural Disasters
  • Missing person/children searches
  • Other assignments as required
  • Patrol assigned areas during the special events
  • Patrol assigned areas, such as shopping centers, or other shopping/business areas, during the holiday season
  • Assist is assigned parades, funerals, events, ect.
  • Maintain crime scene security at criminal offense locations
  • Provide security and traffic control at special events
  • Provide logistic and personnel support for all units with the Police Department

Command Structure:

  • Administrative Branch
    • Captain Lloyd Parker
    • Officer Al Neville
  • Operations Branch
    • Captain William Gunther III
    • Lt. Chris Blackburn
    • Sgt. Josh Schueler (Squad A)
    • Sgt. Danny Haga (Squad B)
    • Cpl. Steven Schott (Squad B)

 

 

 

 

 

 

  
 
Please contact Aux. Cpl. Joshua Schueler with any Comments / Questions on this Website. b3131@bapdaux.org
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