Do you have what it takes to be a member of the auxiliary Police
During WWII? These gentlemen from Riverside, California sure
did! They were members of the community, ages 21-50, trained to
support local police departments all over southern California
during WWII. Their tasks? According to the Los Angeles City
Defense Council they were to… 1. Control traffic. 2. Guard
defense points, docks, bridges, factories, to prevent sabotage.
3. Prevent looting of partially demolished shops and homes. 4.
Control panics. 5. Help enforce emergency restrictions on
lighting, and prohibitions on trespassing. 6. Assist in air raid
protection service before, during and after a raid. Throughout
the month of July, the National Archives at Riverside is taking
the opportunity to share images, documents, and records that
celebrate our local history. As the archives that holds
permanent federal records for Southern California, Arizona, and
Clark County, we have records from the states’ Territorial eras,
records relating to the develo