Special Constables 364/2026

FOI Reference: 364/2026

Request:

1. How many Special Constables does your force have?
2. Please could you break this down to per rank?
3. What provisions does your force offer for wellbeing support?
4. What is your policy on wellbeing for specials?
5. How many Special Constables have accessed your wellbeing support?
6. What has been you attrition of Specials in the financial years 2023/24, 2024/25, 2025/26?
7. Does your force have an exit strategy such as questionnaires/interviews etc for Special Constables? If so what is this?

Clarification sought:

1. for Q1, is this as of today?
2. for Q5, please advise the time period you require information for

Clarification received:

For question 1 - yes please as of today's date.

For question 5 - If I could have data for the last 5 years, that would be great please, but if that is too time consuming then please may I have data for the last three financial years?

Response:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, the details of which are as follows:

1. 29 Special Constables.

2. We only have Special Constables in Force, there are no other ranks.

3. Same as for full time officers:

• • DPP has a Wellbeing Manager Force wide.
  • EAP service provision with Vivup
  • Inhouse counselling service
  • Wellbeing fayres Force wide
  • TRiM
  • Oscar Kilo Crisis 24/7 help line
  • OK9 Wellbeing dogs
  • Blue Light Champions
  • Chaplains
  • Suicide & Sudden Death toolkit
  • Wellbeing hub with links to apps including the Staying Alive app
  • Oscar Kilo wellbeing hub
  • Occupational Health Nurse Advisors & Force Medical Advisor (Doctor)
  • Referral to primary care services
  • Psychological screening for specialist roles

4. Force has an Occupational Health policy which applies to Special Constables Occupational Health Policy | Dyfed-Powys Police published externally. Also the force holds a Wellbeing Strategy which is currently being updated. This also applies to Special Constables.

5. No information held/recorded by Dyfed Powys police.

6.  2023/24 – 3

     2024/25 – No attrition

     2025/26 – 3

7. We do not currently have any exit strategy for Special Constables.

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 20/04/2026)