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Celebrating our volunteers

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Published: 14:05 07/06/2025

We’re marking this year’s Volunteers’ Week by shining a light in Warwickshire on the incredible individuals who give their time, skills, and compassion to support victims of crime, police colleagues, and the wider community.

Over the past year we have again seen some fantastic work from our volunteers, who contribute an enormous amount to policing, selflessly giving up their time.

We have over 200 volunteers who support the force in addressing some of the issues that matter most to our local communities. Volunteer roles include Special Constables, Police Support Volunteers (PSVs), Cadets and Chaplains.

In the last year, our volunteers contributed an astonishing 32,861 hours to the force.

Our Special Constables are fully warranted volunteer police officers who create the crucial link between police and the communities we serve, volunteering anywhere between 16 hours and over 100 hours per month, conducting patrols and operations independently from and alongside regular officers, with many attached to the Roads Policing and Rural Crime teams.

Meanwhile, our Police Support Volunteers cover a variety of roles including supporting safer neighbourhood teams, overseeing schemes such as Community Speed Watch, Neighbourhood Watch, Horse and Rural Watch, acting as Cadet Leaders, and assisting with training new officer cohorts.

Cadets make up over 50% of our volunteer numbers, and by September 2025, we will have increased our cadet scheme membership by a third. Last year we introduced a new cadet scheme in the East of the county, to sit alongside the already existing north and south schemes, which means young people in Rugby can now get involved locally.

Chief Constable Alex Franklin-Smith commented, “We have a tremendous number of people who go above and beyond every single day, often quietly and without recognition.  Our volunteers make such a difference to our ability to provide the best possible policing services in Warwickshire.

Volunteers’ Week is our chance to say thank you – not just for what they do, but for who they are. They are an essential part of our Warwickshire Police family. To each and every one of you, thank you.”

We are always looking for new volunteers, and are currently recruiting for Special Constables, while the Office for the Police and Crime Commissioner is always on the look out for Independent Custody Visitors (ICVs) and Appropriate Adults (AAs) to join the volunteer schemes they run to support our Custody teams. If you, or anyone you know might like to find out more about volunteering opportunities with the force, more information can be found on the careers section of our website.

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