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Lieutenant/Lieutenant Detective Sergeant/Sergeant Detective Detective Police Officer Insignia No insignia: No insignia: Description The Commissioner is appointed by the Mayor of Boston. The Commissioner is the executive head of the department. The Superintendent in Chief is the highest-ranking police officer in the department.
Police ranks, dependent on country, are similar to military ranks [4] [5] in function and design due to policing in many countries developing from military organizations and operations, [6] such as in Western Europe, [7] [8] former Soviet countries, [9] and English-speaking countries.
The PPS uses a similar ranks system to the RCMP, with the director being a chief superintendent on secondment from the RCMP. [5] The officer-in-charge of PPS operations holds the rank of superintendent, team managers hold the rank of sergeant, supervisors hold the rank of corporal, and officers with no leadership responsibility hold the rank of constable.
The prefix "temporary" before a rank (e.g. temporary detective sergeant, abbreviated T/DS) denotes an officer who has been temporarily promoted to a rank (and so who does actually hold that rank, albeit on a temporary basis), whilst the prefix "acting" (e.g. acting inspector, abbreviated A/Insp) denotes an officer who is performing the role of ...
Sergeant Constable Student Queensland Police Service [4] 2019–present Commissioner Deputy commissioner Assistant commissioner Chief superintendent Superintendent: Chief inspector (title, not rank) Inspector: Senior sergeant – with recognition of service [note 3] Senior Sergeant Sergeant – with recognition of service [note 3] Sergeant
Before 1999, female detectives' ranks were prefixed with "Woman", as in other branches of the police. The head of the CID in most police forces is a Detective Chief Superintendent. Ranks are abbreviated as follows: Detective Constable (DC or Det Con) Detective Sergeant (DS or Det Sgt) Detective Inspector (DI or Det Insp)
Senior sergeant; Senior staff sergeant; Senior station inspector; Senior station inspector (2) Senior superintendent; Senior trooper; Sergeant; Special agent; Special constable; Staff sergeant; Station inspector; Station sergeant; Sub-inspector; Superintendent (police) Superintendent general
Members who hold the rank of sergeant or above but are assigned to the Criminal Investigation Division or have investigatory duties, are referred to with the "Detective" title in front, e. g. "Detective-Sergeant". [5]