The Schenectady County Auxiliary Police is a community-based volunteer unit of highly-trained peace officers and 13 dedicated training officers.

Auxiliary, which comes from the Latin noun auxilium, meaning “aid,” “assistance,” or “reinforcement,” is used in a wide range of capacities in English to describe a person or thing that assists another.

AUXILIARY definition: additional; supplementary; reserve. See examples of auxiliary used in a sentence.

There are three auxiliary verbs in English: be, do and have. Auxiliary verbs come before main verbs. …

Dec 14, 2025 · auxiliary (plural auxiliaries) A person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner. quotations

An auxiliary is a person who is employed to assist other people in their work. Auxiliaries are often medical workers or members of the armed forces. Nursing auxiliaries provide basic care, but are not …

an organization allied with, but subsidiary to, a main body of restricted membership, esp. one composed of members' relatives: The men's club and the ladies' auxiliary were merged into one organization.

The Latin word auxilium means "help," and so auxiliary means something that "helps" by providing backup or support. Think of auxiliary verbs (sometimes called helper verbs), that provide support …

AUXILIARY meaning: available to provide extra help, power, etc., when it is needed

Auxiliary definition: Giving assistance or support; helping.