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A police captain is often the officer in charge of a precinct. In some smaller police departments, a person holding the rank of police captain may be in charge of a division (patrol division, detective division, etc.) within that department. In larger police departments, a police captain may command only one section of a precinct which is ...
Appointed by the Chief of Police from Commander and Captain ranks. Appointed by the Chief of Police from Lieutenant and Captain ranks. Promotion based on panel interview/departmental assessment. Current rank is no longer used it now goes from Lieutenant to Commander. Promotion based on a written examination and panel interview/departmental ...
The Iraqi Police is made up of three branches, under the command of the Ministry of Interior, these being the Iraqi Police Service which tasked with general patrol of Iraq's cities, the Federal Police (earlier was called National Police) which is a gendarmerie service which deals with incidents that are beyond the control of the Iraqi Police ...
The Department of the Army Civilian Police (DACP), [1] also known as the Department of the Army Police (DA Police), [2] is the uniformed, civilian-staffed security police program of the United States Army. It provides professional, civilian, federal police officers to serve and protect U.S. Army personnel, properties, and installations.
The Paid Detail Unit is a program within the New York City Police Department allowing private corporations to hire NYPD police officers for security duties. The program was introduced in 1998, allowing off-duty officers to wear their uniforms while earning money in second jobs at sports venues, financial institutions and other places of business.
Captain: Captains are in charge of a larger area and share similar responsibilities of a lieutenant. Lieutenant: Lieutenants are senior supervisors and usually lead a unit or section of troopers. Master Sergeant: Master Sergeants are experienced Station Commanders, Supervisor of a unit, section, or specialty position. Sergeant First Class
Overwhelmed with managing the inadequate county jail and law enforcement duties, Sheriff Kirby persuaded the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors to relieve him of his responsibilities for criminal police work by forming the police department. At the helm was Carl R. McIntosh, a deputy sheriff who became Fairfax County's first chief of police.
First attested in English in the early 15th century, originally in a range of senses encompassing '(public) policy; state; public order', the word police comes from Middle French police ('public order, administration, government'), [10] in turn from Latin politia, [11] which is the romanization of the Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeia) 'citizenship, administration, civil polity'. [12]