General Policing Discussions

Can anybody tell me if officers (regulars or specials) are entitled to free travel on trains and buses if used to travel to and from work?

Hi there, I'd just like to share some of my honest experiences and explain the issues. So, i'm going to start with how the met market the MSC. Its foul play at it's finest. The met's intention is to trap people, specifically those who wish to join full time. The way it works is like this: An enthusiastic person wants to join the police full time, so they pass the recruitment to become a Special, they complete they're training, attest and everything seems fine and dandy. Then they start doing some shifts and become slightly burned out when the inital shine wears off but continue nonetheless as this must be part of the job right? Slowly over time they are grinded down by…

I am doing a bit of research on the topic of reward and recognition for special constables as a retention tool, and I am compiling a short report on this subject for my forces SC Steering Group. As well as contacting individual forces, I am keen to find out how individuals feel too. A questionnaire will be sent out to gauge the opinions of the special constabulary within my home force itself, but I wondered if anyone could help me by sharing your opinions, ideas and a little bit of information on reward and recognition schemes in your home forces. For example: Force or service (if you want to provide the force name)? Does your force reward and recognise the contributi…

Hey all! On my way to attestation and on shift tomorrow!