Fairfax County’s Auxiliary Police Officer program marked a milestone recently by reaching 1 million hours of volunteer service. The program has more than doubled in size since it was founded in 1983, growing from 52 men and women to 115 active officers.

Auxiliary police officers are volunteers who are trained to assist paid officers as well as perform other duties such as traffic control, manning sobriety checkpoints and working in crime prevention. Many auxiliary officers also hold full-time jobs, ranging from lawyers to technology specialists.