Special Constables
 
Dear Coordinator,
 
Three hundred and forty-four Special Constables, Sergeants and Inspectors make up Hertfordshire's Special Constabulary - the highest number of officers for more than 12 years - and together they performed an all time record of 108,961 duty hours during the 2009/10 policing year, which ended.
This equates to a six per cent increase on the previous policing year 2008/09.  Sixty-four people joined the Specials Constabulary throughout the year - another first for Hertfordshire.
The 344 dedicated proactive volunteers averaged 33 hours per officer per month,* double the requirement set by the Home Office, thereby placing them amongst the best performing teams of all 43 police forces in the UK.
Although the scope of duties undertaken by the county's Specials is one of the broadest of all forces, two-thirds of their duty time - 68,474 hours - was spent on high-visibility intelligence led patrols concentrating on ‘hotspots' (areas which generate repeat complaints about anti-social behaviour). Over 322 arrests were made by Specials during the year - 47 of those in March 2010.  Seventy-five vehicles were seized by Specials and 1,326 fixed penalty notices issued during the year.
A number of large organisations, including household names such as Sainsburys, John Lewis, Dacorum and Broxbourne Borough Councils, are engaged in an Employer Support Scheme where they support their staff who become Specials by allowing a certain amount of additional paid leave for training and duties each year.
Thirty-five of the Constabulary's civilian support staff who are Specials also benefit from this initiative.
If you need to reply by email click on my address here: kyle.price2@herts.pnn.police.uk.

Regards,

Kyle Price
Watch Liaison Officer
Neighbourhood Watch
Email: kyle.price2@herts.pnn.police.uk
Tel: 01992 533835