Somerville Auxiliary Police Department

{{short description|Volunteer police department}}

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The Somerville Auxiliary Police Department was a volunteer police force until it was disbanded in 2018. It operated through the police department of Somerville, Massachusetts. The police chief was Henry Wagner.{{cite web|url=http://www.wickedlocal.com/somerville/news/x1817153662#axzz1TiANiAFa|title=wickedlocal.com|author=|date=|website=WickedLocal.com|access-date=October 15, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thesomervillenews.com/archives/9008|title=Somerville Police provide tips for a safe Halloween|author=|date=|website=TheSomervilleNews.com|access-date=October 15, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://somervillenews.typepad.com/the_somerville_news/2004/07/somerville_poli.html|title=Somerville Police respond to MS-13 and H-Block grafitti[sic]|author=|date=|website=The Somerville News Blog|access-date=October 15, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/somerville/2009/10/somerville_police_announce_tri.html|title=Somerville Police give trick-or-treat safety tips|author=|date=|website=Boston.com|access-date=October 15, 2017}} The department was considered one of the most active volunteer law enforcement organizations in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and was heavily utilized in functions including cruiser patrols, traffic control, crowd control, motor vehicle accidents, fires, parades, emergency management situations, and mutual aid such as the Boston Marathon.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesomervillenews.com/archives/25477|title=Somerville Auxiliary Police provide support at Boston Marathon|author=|date=|website=TheSomervilleNews.com|access-date=October 15, 2017}}

Somerville resident Sean Collier was a former member of the Somerville Auxiliary Police Department and held the rank of sergeant. Collier was murdered in 2013 while serving as a police officer with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Police Department.{{cite web|url=http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/04/slain_mit_officer_sean_collier.html|title=Slain MIT officer Sean Collier was "destined to be a police officer," colleagues say|author=|date=April 2013|website=MassLive.com|access-date=October 15, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/04/vice_president_joe_biden_joins.html|title=Vice President Joe Biden joins thousands of police paying final respects to slain MIT officer Sean Collier|author=|date=April 2013|website=MassLive.com|access-date=October 15, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/metro-west/10010464067434/somerville-pd-pays-tribute-to-officer-sean-collier/|title=whdh.com|website=WHDH.com|access-date=October 15, 2017|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526120154/http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/metro-west/10010464067434/somerville-pd-pays-tribute-to-officer-sean-collier/|archivedate=May 26, 2013|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lowellsun.com/vervebreakingnewsfeed/ci_23512381/sean-collier-gets-posthumous-appointment-somerville-police|title=Sean Collier gets posthumous appointment to Somerville police|author=|date=June 21, 2013|website=LowellSun.com|access-date=October 15, 2017}}