Who runs the Specials/What is the rank structure?
There are Special Constabulary supervisors, Special Sergeants, usually at each station in each BCU who will be your first point of call for most training/welfare needs and more. These are in turn supervised by Special Inspectors within the BCU and each area has one Special Chief Inspector. Additionally, in the regular force there are Neighbourhood Inspectors who manage the neighbourhood policing for that station, including Dedicated teams and the Specials they contain. They are answerable to the Chief Inspector (Neighbourhoods) and Superintendent (Neighbourhoods) within each BCU Command Team, which is headed up by the Area Commander who is a Chief Superintendent. At Police Headquarters, there is a Chief Officer and a Deputy Chief Officer for the Special Constabulary, who are both serving Specials. They are responsible for running the Special Constabulary as a whole, taking a whole Force view, and work closely with the Chief Officer Group at Headquarters.
