The answer is very simple. A special constable is an unpaid but warranted officer, the same as a full-time officer. Many people do not want to carry the warrant, but they want to help their local police force. That is why there is a separate category and they are not all specials. If they were, they would all have to be warranted.
Police Funding Formula
Proceeding contribution from
Mike Penning
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 1 March 2016.
It occurred during Estimates day on Police Funding Formula.
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