Please note, if this is a paid role and the role is part time then the salary quoted will be pro rata based on the hours worked per annum.
31/03/2026, 23:55
We’re recruiting for Special Constables. Make a difference in your community, volunteering your spare time for a minimum of 16 hours a month.
Special Constables are part-time, voluntary police officers with the same powers as regular police officers. They are highly trained and play an essential role in preventing, reducing and tackling crime and keeping the communities of Hertfordshire safe.
Specials come from all walks of life, have the same powers as regular police officers and wear the same uniform.
Our Specials have joined for many different reasons, including supporting the communities they live in, and acquiring valuable skills which assist their personal and career development, bolstering self-respect and confidence.
New Specials take part in a 13 week blended learning programme, including an induction day, distance learning webinars and face to face classroom lessons. Blended learning involves webinar learning sessions and classroom based practical lessons during evenings and weekends.
If you have any questions, please email SpecialsRecruitment@herts.police.uk with the subject line Hertfordshire Special Constable Application Query.
As a Disability Confident leader, we take personal responsibility to help create an inclusive workplace, where police officers and staff respect one another, feel valued for their differences and can be themselves. We are committed to providing workplace adjustments, wherever needed so everyone feels welcome and can flourish. If you have a disability and you meet the minimum criteria for the position you are applying for, you will be entitled to an interview under the ‘Offer an Interview Scheme’.
Please note: This role has been identified as high-risk in relation to potential DNA and fingerprint contamination within forensic processes. As such, successful candidates will be required to provide a DNA and fingerprint elimination sample as part of their pre-employment checks.
The sample will be used to conduct a speculative search against our database and then solely for contamination elimination purposes and held on a secure elimination database in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and GDPR.
Provision of this sample is a condition of employment for roles identified as high-risk.
It is recommended that you download and store a copy of the role profile as this will no longer be available once the advert has closed.
Hertfordshire Constabulary recognises the growing use of AI tools in preparing job applications. While these tools can support you in expressing your skills and experience more effectively, their use must align with the principles of honesty, integrity, originality, and personal accountability. We want to learn about you and your own personal experiences and how these make you suitable for the role, this will be assessed throughout the recruitment process including at interview, which AI cannot replace. Please click HERE to find out more about the acceptable and unacceptable uses of AI in our recruitment process.
