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31-713: The Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department is the head and senior-most officer to serve in the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). The incumbent manages the day-to-day operations of the LAPD and is usually held a four star officer. The chief of police is appointed by the mayor and reports to the Board of Commissioners . Chief of police The precise role of a chief of police varies by country and sometimes within

62-558: A police district who depends on the district magistrate to issue orders. Commissioner of Police (CP) is a post that can be held by an IPS officer of the rank SP and above, depending upon the sanction provided by the respective state government (or in case of Delhi, by the Government of India ). Traditionally at the district level, the Superintendent of Police (SP) or Senior SP (SSP) maintains law and order by working with

93-531: 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

124-400: A country. The larger 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

155-427: 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

186-513: A pin which reads "CHIEF". Commissioner of Police (India) Commissioners of Police (also known as Police Commissioners ) in India are IPS officers who head the police force in a police commissionerate . A police commissionerate can combine several adjoining districts under it. A Police Commissioner may or may not hold certain powers of the executive magistrate, contrary to the Superintendent of Police (SP) or Senior SP (SSP) in charge of

217-623: A sexual offence. The title Chief of Police ( French : directeur ) 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

248-444: 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

279-426: Is administrative in all but 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

310-407: 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

341-670: 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

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372-709: Is as given below, Police Commissionerate system in other cities may not have one or more of these posts:- The subordinate police officers' hierarchy in the Police Commissionerate system is the same as in a district police headed by a Senior SP/SP, including ranks such as police inspector, sub-inspector, assistant sub-inspector, head constable, and constable. Following is the list of commissioners of police (CP) in India, along with their respective ranks (these ranks can vary from time to time):- The following police forces in India do not have Police Commissionerate (i.e. Commissioner of Police or CP) system:- Among

403-655: Is assisted by special commissioner, joint commissioner, additional commissioner, deputy commissioner, assistant commissioner of police. The Commissionerates present in New Delhi , Chennai , Madurai , Coimbatore , and Kolkata can be considered true Commissionerates as they exercise the powers of the District Magistrate and the Executive Magistrate. The organisational structure of the police commissionerates varies state to state. For instance,

434-499: 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

465-425: 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

496-444: 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

527-664: The District Magistrate (DM). Under the Commissioners of Police (CP) system, the state governments may or may not grant certain powers of the executive magistrate to the commissioner, contrary to the Superintendent of Police or Senior SP of a police district who depends on the district magistrate. For large metropolitan cities, the CP system is generally considered more suitable policing system. The commissioner

558-651: 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

589-537: The Nizams is the oldest police commissionerate in India. The British India government brought the CP system first to Kolkata and Chennai in 1856, and followed it in Mumbai in 1864. The police commissionerate is headed by a Commissioner of Police (CP). The post of Commissioner of Police can be held by an IPS officer of the rank SP and above, depending upon the sanction provided by the respective state government (or, in

620-658: 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

651-637: The Police Commissioners of Delhi , Mumbai and Kolkata report directly to the state government and not to the DGP . Similarly, in Kerala , the Commissioner of Police does not have magisterial powers. A Police Commissionerate's jurisdiction can consist of several adjoining districts . The Hyderabad City Police commissionerate since 1847 AD, established in the erstwhile Hyderabad State by

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682-670: The case of Delhi , by the Government of India ). The commissioner of police is assisted by special, joint, additional, deputy, and assistant commissioners of police, sanctioned by the respective state government. The organisation consists units like law and order, crimes, administration, armed reserve police, traffic police, special branch, security, etc. For the maintenance of law and order, there are police zones, divisions and sub divisions. Typically divisions are headed by deputy commissioners of police (DCPs), and sub divisions are headed by assistant commissioners of police (ACPs). The hierarchy of posts in Police Commissionerate system of Delhi

713-523: 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

744-403: 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

775-517: 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

806-576: 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

837-520: 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

868-469: 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

899-471: 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

930-401: 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

961-576: 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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