Members of Cumbria Special Constabulary are volunteers who, in their spare time, provide valuable assistance to the regular police force.
Special constables have the same powers as a regular officer and wear a similar uniform.
Their role is to assist the regular police service with local policing priorities. They work alongside regulars and carry out everyday duties in most aspects of police work. Duties can include patrolling on foot or in vehicles, crime prevention work, schools liaison and public nuisance patrols, policing county shows and events, crowd control at football and rugby matches, traffic duty and community policing. Indeed, as a special, you are an important link between the police and the community. Whatever duties you are involved in, you will learn more about human nature that most people ever will.