Police Reserves and Volunteers

James "Jimmy" F. Albrecht is a professor of criminal justice and homeland security at Pace University in New York City. Professor Albrecht has 25 years of front-line law enforcement experience, and had previously held a number of executive positions including police chief of criminal investigations in the joint European Union/U.S. (EULEX) Police in Kosovo (former Yugoslavia). He retired as NYPD captain and regional commander after serving 22 years, which included direct response to the tragic September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center. He received his Ph.D. in criminal justice at the University of New Haven (Connecticut).

• Part 1: IntroductionPrefaceChapter One: Introduction: The Obvious Need for Volunteers in PolicyJames F. AlbrechtChapter Two: Volunteers in Policing in the USARobert Hanser, Mkay Bonner and Mark JohnsonChapter Three: The Rewards and Challenges of Using Volunteers in PolicingBenjamin Dobrin, Adam Dobrin and April ChristmanPart 2: Police Volunteer Programs in the USA Chapter Four: Police Auxiliaries in Framingham, MassachusettsMarc SpigelChapter Five: An Abundance of Auxiliary Police and Volunteer Personnel in the NYPDJames F. AlbrechtChapter Six: The Florida Highway Patrol AuxiliarySteven ShefferChapter Seven: The Portsmouth (Virginia) Police Department Auxiliary UnitRon HymanChapter Eight: Civic Volunteerism in Orange County, Florida: Sworn Police Reserves in a Metropolitan Sheriff’s OfficeRoss WolfChapter Nine: Police Volunteers Can Effectively Impact Mass Casualty Incidents: The Aurora (Colorado) Police Department Faced the ChallengeJames F. Albrecht Chapter Ten: "Doing More with Less" – The Professional Model of the Los Angeles Police DepartmentMkay Bonner, Mark Johnson and Robert HanserChapter Eleven: Volunteering and Law Enforcement in the Carson City (Nevada) Sheriff’s OfficeColleen Morin and Robert MorinPart 3: Police Volunteer Programs: Global PerspectivesChapter Twelve: Auxiliary and Reserve Constables in Canada: Sixty Years of Community ServiceRick ParentChapter Thirteen: The Auxiliary Police in HungaryPal Kardos and Bea SzokeChapter Fourteen: Using Police Reserves to support the South African Police ServiceChristiaan BezuidenhoutChapter Fifteen: The Reserve Police Force in the NetherlandsPaula Torn and Ronald VerbiestChapter Sixteen: Effectively using Police Volunteers in the "Little Red Dot" – SingaporeWayne Koo and Desmond TanChapter Seventeen: Volunteer Policing in Israel Charles LiebermanChapter Eighteen: A ‘Special’ Kind of Policing: Volunteer Policing in England and WalesCarol Borland-Jones & Ross WolfPart 4: Police Volunteers and Other Deployment OptionsChapter Nineteen: The Police Community Service Officer in the United Kingdom: A Midpoint between Career and Volunteer OfficersAnnette CrispChapter Twenty: Part-Time and Reserve Law Enforcement: the Texas ExperienceNate Moran and Robert HanserChapter Twenty-One: The NYPD’s Retiree Mobilization Plan: Keeping Retired Officers ActiveTheresa TobinPart 5: Personal Reflection and InsightChapter Twenty- Two: The Enchanting and Captivating Story of an Essex (UK) Special Constable George CookPart 6: Using Volunteers in Other Government OrganizationsChapter Twenty-Three: Using Volunteers in the Correctional SystemFrancis Olive IIIChapter Twenty-Four: Federal Government Volunteers: the United States Coast Guard AuxiliaryTheresa TobinChapter Twenty-Five: Volunteers in American FirefightingCharles JenningsChapter Twenty-Six: Volunteers in Emergency Medical Service in the United StatesJohn S. YoungPart 7: ConclusionChapter Twenty-Seven: Using Volunteers in Policing: Final Thoughts and RecommendationsJames F. Albrecht