Yeomen Warders
There have been examples in history of paid Special Constables who were not volunteer police officers. The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Constabulary were sworn in as special constables under the Special Constables Act 1923. However, the passage of the Energy Act 2004 created a new police force – the Civil Nuclear Constabulary – with specifically defined powers and the officers lost their status as Special Constables. The Yeomen Warders of the Tower of London were first sworn in as Special Constables in the 1960s, but this stopped in 1991.