I was sworn in as a member of Kent Special Constabulary in December 2008 and since that date have been actively involved in carnivals, under-18s discos and marshalling shows as well as general response patrols.

I am based at Sittingbourne Police Station and today I will be carrying out general patrol in my area. I will be crewed with another special however we are working with the regular police section responding to what ever calls come in.

4.45pm – Kitting Up

I always start the day by going to my lockers and kitting up. This includes collecting my radio and officer safety equipment.

5.10pm – Briefing

The first thing to be done on duty is to attend a briefing in the report room with the regular sergeant, who has the responsibility of supervising all officers working the late shift.

The briefing involves finding out what has been going on in the local area over the last few days, this could include any special events that are taking place, any special operations that are going on and also any targets that have been set for tonight’s shift.

5.45pm – Off we go

I have got all the information that is required and we have got a marked police car, we start by carrying out a general patrol in the Sittingbourne area, this could include going around any areas with a high crime rate as well as just carrying out general high visibility patrol.

6.30pm - Young people causing nuisance

I get a call over the radio to say there are young people in the area who are drinking and shouting at members of the public.

6.35pm

We arrive at the location and immediately assess the situation. I task my colleague to take the young people's details while I carry out an area search to see if any damage has been caused. As there is no damage we confiscate the young people's drink and tell them to keep the noise down or leave the area.

8.30pm – Fight

We have an immediate call to a nightclub in the high street. An intoxicated man has been ejected from the club and is now refusing to leave the area.

Upon our arrival, the man has calmed down but is still highly intoxicated and still refuses to leave. We issue the man with an order giving him notice to leave the area - if he does not do so within 15 minutes he is liable to be arrested. We ask CCTV operators to keep an eye on the man and ask them to let us know if he returns to the area.

9.15pm

As we resume our patrol a vehicle passes us in the opposite direction and we see the man driving talking on his mobile phone. We immediately turn around and switch on our blue lights to instruct the driver to stop.

After stopping, the man immediately gets out of the car and expresses outrage at having been pulled over. I explain to him that my colleague and I both saw him using his mobile phone and that we are going to give him a £60 fixed penalty notice and put three points on his driving licence.

10.30pm - Another fight

We are called to a disturbance in the high street. A man has been seen on CCTV walking up the street taking his clothes off and banging against windows.

As we drive down the high street we can see the man walking the opposite way up the street. I immediately jump out the car and ask the man what he is doing. He becomes very abusive towards me, telling me to go away and mind my own business. I warn him that if he doesn’t calm down and stop swearing, I will arrest him for a public order offence. When he swears at me again, I arrest the man for the offence, using an authorised restraint move to make the arrest and handcuff him.

10.45pm – Custody

By the time we arrive back at custody our prisoner has become very agitated and abusive in the back of the van so we have a several officers standing by in case he decides to become violent in custody.

10.50pm – Booking in

The prisoner is booked into custody and his detention is authorised by the custody sergeant. That leaves me and my colleague to finish our paperwork and submit our evidence so the man can be interviewed in the morning about the offences.

12.15am – Booking off

That is us done for the night. We book off and inform the sergeant about all the results we have achieved tonight, we return out kit to our lockers and make our way home.

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