Pay and benefits

What’s in it for you?

Above all, the feeling that you really are making a difference – making a positive contribution in the fight against crime

• Sense of personal fulfilment
• Develop personal and professional skills
• Learn and develop many transferable skills that often support paid employment or other roles/personal life: e.g. managing confrontational situations, leadership and personal safety
• Personal satisfaction of learning new skills and gaining confidence
• Learn more about policing
• Show your community that you care
• Meet new people
• Work as part of a team
• Enjoy new experiences
• Discover new things about yourself and just how much you are capable of
• Leadership skills

Special Constables are volunteers - they are not paid. You will however be reimbursed for travel expenses and issued with a uniform and appropriate protective equipment.

• Specials who live outside the Cleveland Police area can only claim mileage from the border to the area they are working and back.