British Transport Police is a national special police force that polices the railway network of England, Wales and Scotland. The force polices more than 10,000 miles of track and more than 3,000 stations and depots.
BTP officers patrolling with dogs at Waterloo station
BTP Police station "blue lamp"
BTP Ford Kuga response vehicle, seen next to a Vauxhall Astra response vehicle, at Maidstone West railway station
A bilingual sign in Welsh and English
Special police usually describes a police force or unit within a police force whose duties and responsibilities are significantly different from other forces in the same country or from other police in the same force, although there is no consistent international definition. A special constable, in most cases, is not a member of a special police force (SPF); in countries in the Commonwealth of Nations and often elsewhere, a special constable is a voluntary or part-time member of a national or local police force or a person involved in law enforcement who is not a police officer but has some of the powers of a police officer.
A Metro Vancouver Transit Police patrol car.
Special police of North Macedonia
Police officers of the British Transport Police conducting proactive searches for knives and other weapons