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special constable

British

noun

a person recruited for temporary or occasional police duties, esp in time of emergency

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Wai had been a Metropolitan Police officer between 2015 and 2019, before joining UK Border Force in 2020, and he was a volunteer Special Constable with the City of London Police.

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Through his job at the UK Border Force, Wai - who was also a volunteer special constable with the City of London Police and used to work for the Metropolitan Police - had access to the Home Office immigration database called Atlas.

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Yuen is a former Hong Kong police officer who was working for the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London, while Wai was working for the UK Border Force, was a volunteer Special Constable with the City of London Police and used to work for the Metropolitan Police.

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Earlier that evening, Special Constable David Smith said Harry had seemed excitable and "physically bounced" up to him for a friendly chat before "fist bumping" another reveller nearby.

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Jurors heard PC Marsden has served Greater Manchester Police for about five years following a spell as a special constable with Lancashire Constabulary.

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