 The Act established the position of 'police volunteer' within the Police Service and collected these volunteers under the title 'the volunteer police'.The Commissioner of Police was given the powers to appoint, discipline and dismiss police volunteers and also to determine their functions, with the requirement that police volunteers be under the supervision of police officers at all times.Appointment as a police volunteer conferred on a person the same powers and privileges of a special constable appointed under the "Police (Special Provisions) Act 1901", which gave the police volunteer the same powers as a constable employed by the Police Service.