On Friday a male was sentenced to 10 months in prison after Merseyside Specials apprehended him attempting to break into a news agents using a saw in the early hours of the morning last year. In his attempt to get away he assaulted one of our officers and was also sentenced for this.

Congratulations to Intake 3/23 who swore their oath of office this evening and officially became Merseyside Specials Special Constables in front of their proud friends and family. Interested? Think you've got what it takes? Apply here >>> orlo.uk/5ZVRa

An extra thank you to our incredible teams of Merseyside Specials who have played a pivotal role in policing this event 🐎👮‍♂️

Our Liverpool Local Policing Merseyside Specials worked into the early hours of this morning in the city centre. Focusing on neighbourhood priorities ensuring businesses and homes are kept safe MerPol Liverpool City Centre

Two of our Specials Donald Ellliott BEM and Anthony Sutcliffe attended St Helens College for a Careers Fair yesterday to spread the word of the Special Constabulary! #SpecialConstabulary

Huge congratulations to our very own chief inspector, Laura Hart, who attended at Windsor Castle last week to receive her KPM from HRH Princess Anne . Laura said “it was a great privilege to be presented with the medal” - Well done Ma'am!

Merseyside Specials out and about this evening undertaking an ASB and safer Roads operation. Team are all happy and ready for a long shift. Give us a shout if you see us!

On Saturday a team of 29 attended Aintree Grand National Festial in support of the @Merseypolice operation. The day passed without incident for our @Merseyspecials, some of who volunteered on all three days of the festival.

Day 1 - Team out at Aintree today #GrandNational2024 festival. If you are attending tomorrow or Saturday, please come and say hello. Find out more about the work undertaken by Merseyside Specials supporting the communities of Merseyside

Team of 17 this evening MerPol St Helens covering anti-social behaviour and night time economy in and around the town centre – Lots of community engagements-Very busy shift with several arrests and stop searches along with supporting colleagues to calls for service- CO Dave Lyons

@MerseysSpecials welcomed our new recruits on Monday–8 new team members who over a period of 16 weekends will start their Special Constabulary journey with Merseyside Police undertaking their initial training including PPST – Welcome on board all, we look forward to working with you.

On Wednesday S/Sgt Ford and S/Con Whelan assisted the CET with a day of action in the Boundary Rd area of St Helen's. They provided high vis patrol and also conducted a roadside op, issuing a number of tickets for excess speed of 30mph, no MOT and 1 vehicle with no insurance.

In the early hours of Saturday morning officers were “In the right place at the right time”. A delivery courier was assaulted and had his push bike stolen from him. Within 5 mins of the robbery the offender was in handcuffs and the bike had been recovered. #arrested

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One of our Special Sergeants had an unexpected, brief, reunion with an ex-police vehicle last week before it disappeared again on the back of a recovery truck.

✅ Driver reported.
✅ Vehicle seized for no insurance.

Hiding behind a bin is a really rubbish place to hide from our City Centre Specials who have seen it all before, #BinThereDoneThat . Wanted male arrested after making off upon sighting our officers. #arrested

Driving down Lime Street with no front end on your vehicle is a sure fire way to attract the attention of Police Officers. Driver #arrested and now charged with drink driving after being caught by our officers this weekend, blowing 100 in custody.

Meanwhile in the early hours of this morning, Specials in Earlestown arrested a male for drugs offences after a stop check of a vehicle observed to be driving erratically. #arrested

Another non-stop weekend for our Specials in Liverpool City Centre concludes with arrests for three separate assaults on Friday night. A large number of incidents attended and various crimes investigated over the weekend supporting our @Merseypolice regular colleagues.

This evening a male has been charged with disqualified driving, obstruct police, and no insurance after Specials in Knowsley conducted a stop check of a vehicle in the early hours of this morning. The driver tried to provide false details to officers who refused to be fooled.