Meaning of “special constable” in the English Dictionary

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special constablenoun [ C ]

also Special Constable /ˌspeʃ.əl ˈkʌn.stə.bəl/ /ˌspeʃ.əl ˈkɑːn.stə.bəl/ also informal special, Special

› in the UK, a person who is not a paid member of the police force but who wears a police uniform and is trained to act as a police officer in certain situations:

Why not volunteer as a special constable and support the work of your police force in the community?
There are nearly 20,000 Specials serving with police forces across the UK.

(Definition of “special constable” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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