Police support volunteers
Police Support Volunteers undertake roles to support and enhance the day-to-day work undertaken by police officers and staff. By offering their time and energy in this role they help address policing issues, enhance service delivery and strengthen links between policing and the community.
Some of our volunteers have specialist skills from their employment that they bring to Merseyside Police can assist with investigations in Fraud, Cyber Crime or other Policing areas. Other volunteers support their local policing teams with initiatives such as Safer Roads Watch or working in local Police Stations.
What is in it for you?
The roles can be so varied, they provide a fantastic opportunity to do something worthwhile with your spare time, making a real difference to our force and to your community.
Not only will you learn new skills and enhance your CV, you to engage and interact with people from all backgrounds, whilst making a positive contribution to your area.
The application process:
- Initial Online Application Form
A simple online application form which asks for your personal details and any relevant skills that you can bring to the role to assess your eligibility - similar to a standard job application form.
- Interview
If you are successful at the application stage, we'll invite you in for an informal interview so that we can get to know you better and discuss how your skills can complement the volunteering role you have applied for.
- Vetting
You'll be asked to provide details of you and those closest to you so that we can complete the relevant checks, which will check things such as criminal history.
- Health Check
You’ll be asked to complete a medical history questionnaire which will be assessed by our Occupational Health Unit in order to identify any reasonable adjustments that need to be made for you.
- Role starts
You will be registered as a Police Support Volunteer and arrangements will be made for you to commence your volunteering role.
Volunteering opportunities
Have you heard of our Safer Roads Watch volunteers? You can volunteer in your local area within groups of local people to help tackle speeding offenders. For more information, please visit Safer Roads Watch - Merseyside Road Safety Partnership.
Our Home Watch volunteers consist of groups of people within local communities that are dedicated to crime prevention initiatives and keeping their neighbourhood safe. If this sounds interesting to you, you can read more about it here: Neighbourhood Watch Network (ourwatch.org.uk)
We have a dedicated team of Chaplains who work with our Police officers and staff to provide support for everyone. Chaplains offer a listening ear to individuals along with support and advice. Visit Merseyside Police — MitE Chaplaincy for more details.
Other work we carry out:
We also have our fraud fighting team who help vulnerable people that have fallen victim to fraud. For more information, take a look at this article: Meet the Fraud Fighters | Merseyside Police
Our Bike Safe volunteers are a team dedicated to improving riders skills and decreasing the number of accidents on the road and casualties. For more information, please visit Merseyside Police - BikeSafe.
If you have a caring and compassionate nature, you might be interested in volunteering as an independent custody visitor. This role encompasses a team of people who visit detainees in custody suites to ensure that their needs are being met and report conditions to the PCC. Find out more at Independent Custody Visitors: Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner (merseysidepcc.info)
Passionate about music? Can you play an orchestral instrument? At Merseyside Police we have one of the oldest Police bands in the country. You can read more about becoming a band member here: Merseyside Police Band | Merseyside Police.
Apply
To apply to become a volunteer for Merseyside Police or to find out more about the different roles you can volunteer to do, email [email protected] and our volunteer co-ordinator will get back to you.
To view all our vacancies within Merseyside Police click here: Online vacancies.
