The constabulary consists of a sworn security manager/chief officer, two section leaders/sergeants, eight constables and four non-sworn operations team members (responsible for CCTV / Control Room / Pass Office).
[1] The Kew Constables are attested under section 3 of the Parks Regulation Act 1872.
These constables rarely use their police powers and generally perform a patrol and ranger service.
[5] Kew Constabulary do however provide an enhanced policing patrol presence within the parks which the MPS would be unable to provide due to other wider commitments and a good working relationship is maintained between the MPS and the Kew constables.
Nonetheless, during more recent years the Kew Constabulary have theoretically possessed police powers in Parliament Square until it was transferred to the control of the Greater London Authority by the Greater London Authority Act 1999.