The annual Auxiliary Police Benevolent Association of the City of New York Memorial Service was held on Sunday March 29, 2009. This year the service was held at the Church of the Incarnation located at 209 Madison Avenue in Manhattan.
Every year many Auxiliary and Reserve units come from around the United States and even abroad to pay respects to the Auxiliary Police that were killed in the Line of Duty (LOD), killed while coming to the aid of others even when not in uniform and those that died in the last year. Although the Memorial Service is sponsored by the NYC Auxiliary Police Benevolent Association, any Auxiliary or Reserve Officer may be honored.
We honored our own late Captain Jordon Aaronson by having a candle lit in his name.
It is both heart-warming and gratifying to see so many fellow volunteers coming together, looking their finest in full dress uniforms. The many hundreds of participants will march into the Church where the memorial service will be held. The service is always beautiful and the families of the fallen or deceased officers are truly taken by the global support.
It is hard to explain just how important and exciting the Memorial Service is. All Long Beach Auxiliary Police Officers are urged to attend. We will muster at Auxiliary Headquarters and will drive our patrol vehicles into Manhattan. As in the past year, our exciting ride home was under police escort. We had a very impressive showing of our fine Long Beach Auxiliary Police officers.