About the job

With a long and impressive history the Special Constabulary is a part-time, volunteer body consisting of officers who wear the same uniform and have the exact same policing powers as regular officers.

As a Special Constable, you'll work alongside our regular officers, forging strong partnerships in the community, patrolling our streets, preventing crime and interacting with all kinds of people.

A Special Constable can act as a positive force for change - bringing with them an extensive pool of skills, talents, experience, local knowledge and diverse backgrounds - as well as enhancing the overall level of service provided by the police.

In the role you can expect to be involved in:

Ensuring public safety

• Assisting at the scene of accidents, fires or incidents, helping to control situations and ensuring that people are safe.
• Providing security and crowd control at major public events – preventing injuries and disorder.

Preventing crime

• Carrying out high-visibility foot patrols to deter and detect criminals.
• Educating businesses and the community about crime and how to avoid it.
• Talking to school children about crime reduction and community safety to help them stay safe and make the right choices.

Tackling crime

• Confronting anti-social behaviour on the streets such as gangs or intimidating behaviour.
• Managing alcohol-related incidents such as public drunkenness or violence.
• Enforcing road safety laws in local communities.

Investigating crime

• Conducting house-to-house enquiries to gather information and support larger enquiries.
• Involvement in police operations to disrupt and arrest offenders.
• Visiting victims of crime to gather evidence to progress an investigation.

Securing convictions

• Write your own statements, use Police systems and present evidence in court to support the justice system in prosecuting offenders.

See a different world

Out on patrol, you will deal with situations and people you would probably never encounter in your day-to-day life. Most of all, you will get to see the real impact of crime on people’s lives and the extraordinary power you have as an individual to make a real difference. Being a Special is both exciting and rewarding and for many it is a life changing decision. Whatever your plans, you will find working as a member of the police service, alongside regular officers of all ranks, police staff and other volunteers, an exciting and rewarding experience.