Special Constables

Home » Volunteering Opportunities with HIOW Constabulary » Special Constables at HIOW Constabulary

We are currently recruiting for Special Constables

Being a Special Constable is one of the most personally rewarding, challenging and diverse volunteering opportunities available to you; a role that offers a great sense of pride by helping and protecting those within our community.

Special Constables take part in frontline policing, either as part of a District Policing Team or with our Neighbourhood Policing Officers.

The duties of a Special Constable will include:

  • responding to 999 calls
  • foot and vehicle patrols
  • tackling antisocial behaviour
  • road safety initiatives
  • house-to-house enquiries
  • helping ensure public safety and security at both local and major events
  • presenting evidence in court
  • taking part in ‘hotspot’ operations to tackle underage drinking, criminal damage, nuisance and public disorder
  • offering crime prevention advice and promoting property marking initiatives

The work you carry out on duty can vary from one shift to another, the below sets out some of the types of tasks you may be involved in.

  • Ensuring public safety

    • Assisting at the scene of accidents, fires or other incidents • Providing security and crowd control at major public events

  • Preventing crime

    • Carrying out high-visibility foot patrols • Educating businesses and communities about crime • Talking to schoolchildren about crime reduction and community safety

  • Tackling crime

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

  • Investigating crime

    • Conducting house-to-house enquiries and supporting larger investigations • Taking part in police operations to disrupt and arrest offenders

  • Securing convictions

    • Presenting evidence in court to support the justice system in prosecuting offenders

Being a Special Constable provides the chance to learn more about your community by seeing it from an entirely new perspective.  It gives you the opportunity to give something back to your local area, making it safer and enhancing relationships between the public and the police.

Although there are no financial rewards for being a Special Constable, we can promise you that you’ll get a real sense of satisfaction from making your community a better place to live whilst making new friends and developing skills which can be transferred into day to day life:

  • Communicating and negotiating effectively
  • Staying calm under pressure
  • Conflict management
  • Problem solving
  • Decision making
  • Teamwork
  • Leadership and management
  • Responsibility

The experiences you share in working closely with others as one team, can lead to lasting friendships.  You’ll learn more about life and human nature than most people will ever see.

At Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary we are committed to being diverse and inclusive and we value difference. We strive to be reflective of the diverse communities we serve. We welcome and encourage applications from people from all backgrounds. To ensure every potential candidate has an equal opportunity of fairness, we offer support and guidance from the start. The Equality Act 2010 allows us to promote equality within Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary by adopting Positive Action. Whether you are just thinking about a role within the Constabulary or have already applied, the Positive Action Team are here to assist you.

For more information please email: positive.action@hampshire.police.uk

You can contact this team at any time, whether we are actively recruiting for a particular role or not.

If you are a current officer or have experience in the role as a regular officer or Special constable within the last 5 years. Then we have a bespoke process which will enable you to re-join us as a Special Constable. This will still include an application form and attendance at our assessment centre however following this you will complete a training needs analysis which will assess any skills fade and enable us to identify a bespoke training package to suit your needs.

If you would like to discuss this further then please email specialsrecruitment@hampshire.police.uk to find out more.

Application Process

Eligibility

Training

Tutoring

Employer Supported Policing