A man has been convicted of raping a woman while he was a Metropolitan Police officer. Jake Cummings, 26, who had been a special constable in Dorset before working in London, denied rape but was found ...

A man raped two women when he was a Metropolitan Police officer, a prosecutor told a jury. Jake Cummings, who has also been a ...

In Ontario, there are more than 3,000 special constables, often referred to as specials, who are granted some or all of the authorities of a police officer depending on how their roles are defined ...

The Metropolitan Police has been removed from special measures after more than two years as “good progress” has been made, the watchdog said.. The force had been put into special measures ...

Ottawa police have expanded their use of special constables — unarmed peace officers with nearly all the training of a patrol officer but without the option to use lethal force — to take some ...

What putting Metropolitan Police in ‘special measures’ means ... Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services said in a statement that “we are now monitoring ...

On June 28th it emerged that Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services, a policing watchdog, had put Britain’s largest police force into special measures.

Volunteering for Kent Police is a great way to build relationships and develop new skills. When speaking to Kent Police special constables, some explained how joining the Special Constabulary has ...

The Metropolitan Police has been removed from special measures, following an improvement in its performance - despite the watchdog finding it was failing in most areas in August. The Met was put into ...

London's police force has added 19 new special constables to its ranks as it looks to cut down lengthy response times by relieving frontline officers of lesser urgent calls for service, police say.