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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 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 ...
At least two years service as Sergeant or Detective before eligibility for promotion to Lieutenant I. Promotion based on panel interview/departmental assessment. Certain Police Officers III in special or hazard pay situations (Police Officer III+1s) are denoted by a Police Officer III insignia and star.
Conventional abbreviations for US cities and states: for example, "New York" can indicate NY and "California" CA or CAL. The abbreviation is not always a short form of the word used in the clue. For example: "Knight" for N (the symbol used in chess notation)
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)
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.
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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