Special Constabulary


Northants chief backs calls for Specials to get Tasers
(02/02/21) A Chief Constable has renewed calls for Specials to be issued with Tasers after an officer was attacked.

PCCs at loggerheads over Fed membership for Specials
(20/10/20) Talks to enable Special Constables to join the Police Federation have hit a stumbling block over who will pay for it.

Getting into policing quickly
(29/07/20) Nottinghamshire hopes that street duty ready students who have taken a two-year degree course and served as Specials will prove an attractive alternative during the officer uplift programme.

Specials will be allowed to join the Fed, Home Office confirms
(24/04/20) Special Constables will be allowed to join the Police Federation as part of recognition of their contingency work during the COVID-19 outbreak, the Home Office has confirmed.