New York, NY – NYC Council To Announce Protection Plans For Auxiliary Police.

New York, NY – At noon Tuesday, City Council members will announce a new plan on the steps of City Hall.

Councilman David Weprin and other City Council members are announcing an Auxiliary Officers Assistance Plan to provide the officers with greater protection that would include: bulletproof vests, mace, expandable night sticks, protective gas masks and defibrillators.

But that’s not all: The plan would also increase penalties for attacking or injuring auxiliary officers, as well as require the NYPD to provide more training and self-defense classes for the officers. [WCBS]