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
A special constable or special police constable can refer to an auxiliary or part-time law enforcement officer or a person who is granted certain (special) police powers.
A patrol car of the Toronto Transit Commission's Transit Enforcement Unit, a special constabulary responsible for transit policing.
Special constables of the British Columbia Provincial Police during the 1935 waterfront strike.
Vehicles used by the Edmonton Transit Service's Protective Services Division, whose members are peace officers.
A British Columbia Legislative Assembly Special Constable in uniform.
