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www.polfed.org The Police Federation of England and Wales ( PFEW ) is the statutory staff association for police constables , sergeants , inspectors , chief inspectors and special constables in the 43 territorial police forces in England and Wales . [ 1 ]
Special Constables and regular officers of the Avon and Somerset Constabulary at the 175th anniversary of the Special Constabulary in Taunton, Somerset. The Special Constabulary is the part-time volunteer section of statutory police forces in the United Kingdom and some Crown dependencies. Its officers are known as special constables.
A special constable or special police constable (SC or SPC) can refer to an auxiliary or part-time law enforcement officer or a person who is granted certain (special) police powers. In some jurisdictions, police forces are complemented by a special constabulary , whose volunteer members have full police powers and hold the office of constable.
Constables serve as police officers of some small towns and townships, or as officers of some minor courts. A "special constable" may also be appointed by a municipal court judge for a renewable one-year term upon application by any three "freeholders" (landowners) of the county, who are then responsible for paying the special constable.
The Constables' Central Committee is the largest of the tripartite organisations of the Police Federation along with the Inspectors' Central Committee and the Sergeants' Central Committee. [ citation needed ] Each of the 43 police forces within England and Wales has its own federation structure based on the three branch boards based on rank.
The Metropolitan Special Constabulary (MSC) is the volunteer police force of the Metropolitan Police Service. [4] It is one of three Special Constabularies operating within London, the others being part of the City of London Police and British Transport Police. The service was created over 190 years ago under the Special Constables Act 1831.
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The service area is 647 square kilometres with a population of around 1.5 million. As of September 2017 the service has 3,484 police officers, 1,619 police staff, 253 police community support officers, 155 designated officers and 208 special constables. [4] The force is led by Chief Constable Serena Kennedy.