An Auxiliary Police Patrol, organized on July 15 at the Young Israel Synagogue of the Rockaways, a section in the borough of Queens, has been patrolling the area nightly in response to a growing series of burglaries and attacks on residents of the heavily Jewish area. Bernard Honig, a resident, took the lead in establishing the patrol of some 60 residents, which includes both Jews and Christians. Local Christian clergymen assisted in developing the patrol. The residents initially set up a Committee on Protection, which sponsored the patrol, whose members received training at the 101st Precinct. Patrol members ride through the area in pairs, watching for suspicious activities, which they report to the precinct station.
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