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The Special Constabulary is the United Kingdom's part-time police force. It is made up of members of the public who volunteer to spend some of their time helping to police their local community. The Special Constabulary has been in existence for literally hundreds of years. For a potted history of the specials, follow the link in the sidebar.
Each of the 43 police forces in England and Wales, as well the 8 Scottish forces and British Transport Police, has their own Special Constabulary.
Every "Special" is sworn in at court or in the presence of a magistrate in the same manner as a full-time ("regular") police officer. Specials work alongside their regular colleagues and have the same powers in law, including the power of arrest.
The duties carried out by a Special Constable vary between forces but essentially they are the same as those carried out by any regular police officer. Generally speaking Specials will support regular officers by patrolling on foot or in a car, alone, with another special, or with a regular.
Specials are likely to get involved in all aspects of modern policing, including crime prevention, raids and warrants, special events, football matches, missing person enquiries, road traffic accidents (the list goes on!) as well as dealing with crime such as anti-social behaviour, burglaries, fights and damage. You can look at an example of a duty by clicking the link to the left.
Specials will sometimes be required to attend court (Magistrates court, or Crown court which includes a jury). They may be required to give evidence about arrests they have made or incidents they were involved in where a person is being tried for an offence
