Special Constables: Training

(asked on 11th February 2020) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on improving educational opportunities for special constables.


Answered by
Kit Malthouse Portrait
Kit Malthouse
This question was answered on 19th February 2020

We continue to work closely with National Policing leads to ensure consistency across forces in order to strengthen the national approach to special constables, including their development.

It is the responsibility of individual police forces to ensure that special constables receive the training required to carry out the role and decisions on how to train Special constables are taken locally by the Chief Constable.

The College of Policing provides bespoke training programmes for special constables as well as national guidance on police standards, including training, which forces can access.

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