Two NYPD killed Two others also dead

[RB TexLa]

NEW YORK (AP) Mayor Michael Bloomberg says two volunteer police officers have been killed in a wild shootout in a crowded section of Manhattan near New York University.

http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=1&aid=67691
http://www.wnbc.com/news/11255505/detail.html?dl=mainclick

[catnhatnh]

1. What in the DIDDLY FUCK....

...are armed "volunteer" police officers doing in NYC????????

[RB TexLa]

2. They aren't and weren't armed when they were shot

"Auxiliary police act as unarmed, uniformed liaisons to the NYPD in the event of an emergency."

[Solo_in_MD]

4. They may be reserve officers or whatever NYPD calls them

fully trained part timers who work for free.

[catnhatnh]

3. I read the story and stand corrected...

...what the DIDDLY FUCK are unarmed "volunteer" police doing in NYC????

[Kagemusha]

5. Sacrificing their lives trying to stop a madman armed with a gun?

That's my first thought anyway.

But hey, the story just broke. We'll find out more. It's just too bad people had to die here for any reason.