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37-781: The Allegheny County Police Department was established in 1932 by an act of the Allegheny County Board of Commissioners and the Pennsylvania Legislature. The executive of the Allegheny County Police Department is the Superintendent , who is appointed by the County Executive, and assisted by two Assistant Superintendents. The current Superintendent is Christopher Kearns, since March 2021. The department

74-654: A RCMP "E" Division Assistant Commander and a Vancouver Police Department Deputy Chief Constable. They are all appointed by the Minister of Justice and Attorney General through an Order in Council . The Chicago Police Department is administered by the Chicago Police Board . The Board is composed of nine members, each of whom is appointed by the City's Mayor, and is responsible for nominating candidates for

111-467: A police department , particularly in North America . A chief of police may also be known as a police chief or sometimes just a chief , while some countries favour other titles such as commissioner or chief constable . A police chief is appointed by and answerable to a state or local government. The precise role of a chief of police varies by country and sometimes within a country. The larger

148-466: A " Police Board ". Members of the police board are civilian members of the community and are appointed by the Minister of Justice and Attorney General through an Order in Council . A police board usually has between five and eight members, depending on the size of the municipality. The Mayor of the municipality is, by law, automatically the Chairperson of the board. One other member of board

185-531: A chief of police is a police officer. Section 44.2 of the PSA defines the training requirements. There was a case in the police department of Guelph, Ontario, where a human resource manager was promoted to the position of deputy chief but was required to complete training at the OPC. The candidate is selected by a police services board . The title Deputy Chief of Police , or more commonly Deputy Chief , ranks directly below

222-466: A degree of separation between political councils and non-political police forces, and are variously responsible for setting the policies, priorities, and budget of a police force; hiring the chief and deputy chiefs of police; determining the structure and organization of the police force; and conducting collective bargaining with police associations. Police boards are usually explicitly prohibited from making operational decisions. All municipalities with

259-427: A department may have thousands of employees other than police officers, including operators, secretaries, and unsworn peace officers. Alternative titles for a chief of police include police commissioner , colonel, police superintendent, police president or police director. A sheriff is the chief of a county law enforcement agency. Although sheriffs are not usually counted as police chiefs, their agencies usually have

296-441: A pin which reads "CHIEF". Police board A police board , police services board , or police commission is an appointed commission of a local government charged with the responsibility of overseeing a local police force. Police boards may be required by government regulation, as they are in most of Canada , or they may be voluntarily formed by individual municipalities. Police boards are generally established to create

333-407: A police force or department, the more likely that some duties will be delegated to mid-ranked officers. The following list is a general sense of the actions and responsibilities held by any chief of police. Police chiefs are usually sworn police officers, and therefore wear police uniforms and have the power of arrest , though there are exceptions. In practice, their work is administrative in all but

370-595: A population over 5,000 are required by the British Columbia Police Act to provide for a police service. Municipalities in this category have two options: contract with the provincial government for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or create an independent local police agency or department. Municipalities that choose to operate an independent police force are required to create a civilian oversight body called

407-444: Is " chief police officer ". The term " chief officer ", by contrast, includes the chief police officers and their deputies and assistants. The National Police Chiefs Council is the association for chief officers. The rank of commissioner should not be confused with the police and crime commissioners . They are elected officials who oversee a police force and how its funds are spent, rather than being police officers. Chief of police

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444-407: Is appointed by its local government. Many state constitutions require every county to have a sheriff; some make no provision for this position to be eliminated even in the case of the formation of a consolidated city–county or " metropolitan government " because of which a decision on the division the powers between the county sheriff and the city chief of police is made. The usual compromise allows

481-670: Is approved in House of Representatives and is directly responsible to the president. Since Indonesia adopts the system of a unified "national police", the chief of the Indonesian National Police holds strong responsibility in policing authorities nationally across Indonesia. The police chief usually conducts strong relations and work together with the Commander of the National Armed Forces . In line with

518-566: Is in turn divided into two Divisions, each commanded by an Assistant Superintendent. The Uniformed Division is primarily responsible for patrol of the Pittsburgh International Airport , Allegheny County Airport , nine county parks and several other county facilities and buildings. The Detective Division is primarily responsible for investigation of crimes which occur on county property, and all serious crimes which occur within municipalities. Between 2017 and 2021,

555-499: Is one such case where the commissioner is the head of the NYPD. The resources available to the head of a police department vary greatly; the chief of a small town may be the only paid employee of the police department with volunteer officers at their disposal only on certain occasions. On the other hand, the chief of a major city may have thousands or in the case of very large cities such as New York tens of thousands of sworn officers. Such

592-425: Is overtly influenced by politics is also an important topic and varies greatly from one jurisdiction to another. Increasingly, all U.S. law enforcement officers including small-town police chiefs and their charges are being required to meet at least minimum levels of professional training. The rank insignia for the chief of a large or medium-sized department most often consists of three or four gold stars, similar to

629-444: Is the most common title for the head of a police department of a city. The highest-ranking officers of boroughs and parishes are also known as police chiefs. In large urban areas, some departments are led by an overseer who is not a sworn officer, usually referred to as a commissioner. In these departments, the police chief is the highest-ranking police officer of the agency but not the department head. The New York City Police Department

666-465: Is the most common title for the highest-ranked officer in a Canadian police service. The exceptions are: the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (commissioner), Ontario Provincial Police (commissioner), South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Police Service (chief officer), Vancouver Police Department (chief constable), West Vancouver Police Department (chief constable), Nelson Police Department (chief constable), Quebec City (director) and

703-465: Is usually nominated by the municipality to represent the municipality's interest. Board members are selected from a variety of backgrounds and are usually appointed for one or two year terms. They may be re-appointed to a maximum of six years service. Except for the Mayor, municipal councillors may not be appointed to the municipality's police board. The mandate of a police board is to own and operate

740-651: The National Police of Indonesia is often colloquially dubbed: " Kapolri ", an acronym of "Kepala Kepolisian Negara Republik Indonesia" meaning "Head of the National Police of the Republic of Indonesia".The National Police Chiefs are four-star ranking officers in the national police. The National Police Chief is appointed to the position by the President of Indonesia after the nomination of a candidate

777-658: The Sûreté du Québec (director-general). In the province of Ontario , a chief of police must be a sworn police officer and therefore have completed training at the Ontario Police College (OPC) or have served a probationary period with another recognized police force (such as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's academy known as "Depot"). This requirement is legislated in the Police Services Act of Ontario. The legislation states in section two that

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814-573: The Chief Constable are still dealt with by the police board. Police departments may be amalgamated at the discretion of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General. This occurred on January 1, 2003 when Esquimalt and Victoria police departments were amalgamated and a combined police board created with the mayor of Victoria as the chairperson and the mayor of Esquimalt as the vice-chairperson. Enhanced "professional response, crime prevention and investigation in both communities" were cited as

851-678: The above description of the Police Board and it does not have any elected representative on the board (whereas a Mayor is elected). The South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Police Service is a regional police force for the Metro Vancouver region and its police board is made up of five civilian members (including the chair and a senior management from the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority ),

888-523: The chief of police to exercise law enforcement jurisdiction and to give the sheriff and his deputies authority over jails and the serving of civil papers . An alternative and lesser-used solution is to make the office of sheriff a purely ceremonial one. One other solution, an example of which is seen in the case of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department , is to provide for the sheriff to simultaneously serve as

925-403: The chief of police, thus remaining as the chief law enforcement officer (CLEO) of the county. Other titles for the executives of Sheriff's Departments include colonel, superintendent, and director. The fraternal organization International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) is an organization that many chiefs of police are associated with. The extent to how much a police a police department

962-517: The chief. Officers are stylized as deputy chief, deputy chief constable (in British Columbia ) and deputy commissioner or associate director (in Quebec ). They serve as the second-in-command within a police service and may be tasked with specific responsibilities. In Germany, the police are structured at the state level. As a result, every State Police Department has its Chief of Police, and

999-423: The department provided law enforcement services to the borough of Wilmerding . Since the establishment of the department, three members have died in the line of duty. 40°27′04″N 79°53′53″W  /  40.451°N 79.898°W  / 40.451; -79.898 Chief of police A chief of police ( COP ) is the title given to an appointed official or an elected one in the chain of command of

1036-576: The general features of unified structure of local governments, all chiefs of the Indonesian police, at district level (" kapolsek ", kepala kepolisian sektor "), municipal level (" kapolres ", kepala kepolisian resor "), and provincial level (" kapolda ", kepala kepolisian daerah ) in Indonesia, are subordinates of Kapolri , the national police chief. In the Philippines, the chief of police

1073-405: The independent municipal police department ensuring that police independence from political interference is maintained. The board functions as: The board selects and evaluates the Chief Constable and sometimes other senior departmental managers thereby allowing the board to maintain indirect control and influence over the department, although, in the same way that the police board is independent of

1110-520: The insignia of a lieutenant general or general in the army. Smaller departments and state agencies most often consists of silver or gold eagles similar to colonel in the army; however, several small departments with only a few dozen employees have been known to possess five star rank insignia for the police chief, the same as a General of the Army [1] . On the opposite, some extremely small police department chiefs wear no rank insignia at all, or simply

1147-614: The municipal council for policing matters, the Chief Constable is independent from the board for operational matters. Public complaints against the police were formerly dealt with by the police board. Since July 1, 1998, public complaints are handled by the Police Complaint Commissioner of British Columbia who, as an Officer of the Legislature, is appointed by and responsible to the legislative assembly . Only level of service complaints and complaints against

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1184-469: The powers and role of a police department (although in some rare cases, the role of a sheriff's agency is limited to non-policing matters such as courtroom security). The usual difference between a sheriff and a police chief is that sheriffs are elected (except in New York City, Rhode Island and Hawaii) and responsible for a county whereas a police chief manages law enforcement in a city or town and

1221-471: The rank of Director General (DG), because of which one of the officers with the rank of Director General is appointed to the position of the Director General of Police . The other common titles includes, Director General of Police, Director General and Inspector General of Police . The Chiefs of Municipal Police Force has the title of Commissioner of Police (CP). In Indonesia , the chief of

1258-495: The reasons for the amalgamation. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are contracted to provide municipal policing to 59 British Columbia municipalities including Surrey , Burnaby , Kelowna , Prince George , Kamloops and Nanaimo . Police boards are not utilized for RCMP municipalities. There are currently 11 municipal police boards in British Columbia: The 12th police board is not in conformity with

1295-472: The smallest police departments. The rare occasions when police chiefs make arrests have drawn media coverage. In 2014, Bernard Hogan-Howe chased a group of fare evaders and made an arrest. A taxi driver had approached Hogan-Howe for help, unaware that he was London's police commissioner. In 2017, Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck arrested a police officer on suspicion of a sexual offence. The title Chief of Police ( French : directeur )

1332-401: The titles for these chiefs vary from one state to another. In India, the police are structured at the state level. As a result, every State Police Department has its Chief of Police, and the titles for these chiefs vary from one state to another. The Chief of Kerala Police has the title of "State Police Chief". Most Indian state police departments generally has more than one officer with

1369-576: Was the head of small city and municipal police. In the United Kingdom, the chief police officer for 43 of the 45 territorial police forces and the three special police forces holds the rank of chief constable . The exceptions are the Metropolitan Police Service and City of London Police , where the chief police officer instead holds the rank of commissioner. The umbrella term for the chief constables and commissioners

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