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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.
The rank system defines authority and responsibility in a police organization, [2] and affects the culture within the police force. [3] 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 ...
Sergeant (Sgt, lit. 'Servant') is a rank in use by the armed forces of many countries. It is also a police rank in some police services. The alternative spelling, serjeant, is used in The Rifles and other units that draw their heritage from the British light infantry.
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 ...
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.
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
Detectives in the United Kingdom do not have a separate rank system and are not senior to uniformed officers who hold the same rank, however, a senior detective does outrank a uniformed officer of a lower rank. for example a Detective Inspector outranks a uniformed Sergeant.
Game Wardens: Charged to enforce state hunting, and fishing laws. Most Game Wardens can also enforce all state laws (traffic, drugs, etc.). In some states, they can be the enforcement arm of an agency or a division of an umbrella law enforcement agency.