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Law Enforcement Ranks
By: phoenix Date: February 13, 2013, 9:38 pm
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To prevent confusion, dears..............
Chief of Department - 4 gold stars
Bureau Chief - 3 gold stars
Assistant Chief - 2 gold stars
Deputy Chief - 1 gold star
Inspector - gold eagle
Deputy Inspector - gold oak leaf
Captain - 2 gold bars
Lieutenant - 1 gold bar
Sergeant - 3 blue stripes on sleeve
Police Officer/Detective-Investigator/Detective-Specialist -
none
Lieutenants and above - white shirts
Sergeants and below - dark navy blue shirts
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Re: Law Enforcement Ranks
By: gunny Date: February 13, 2013, 9:44 pm
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I can do better, Phoebe. :P
Overall for the US:
Chief of police/police commissioner/superintendent/sheriff: The
title police commissioner is used mainly by large metropolitan
departments, while chief of police is associated with small and
medium-sized municipalities; both are typically appointed by a
mayor or selected by the city council or commission. In some
cities, "commissioner" is the member of the board of officials
in charge of the department, while a "chief" is the top
uniformed officer answering to the commissioner or commission.
In very large departments, such as the New York City Police
Department, there may be several deputy and assistant
commissioners, all civilian, some of whom outrank the chief of
department and others on par with the uniformed chief. There may
be a chief of operations who is second in command to the
top-ranking chief. In contrast, sheriffs in the United States
are usually elected officials, one in each county, who head the
sheriff's department (or sheriff's office).
Assistant Chief/Assistant Commissioner/Assistant
Superintendent/Assistant Sheriff: Only seen in some departments.
In New York City, assistant chiefs head borough commands
bureaus.
Deputy Chief/Deputy Commissioner/Deputy Superintendent/Chief
Deputy/undersheriff: The top lieutenant to the chief of police,
commissioner, superintendent, or sheriff; may or may not have a
specific area of responsibility. In some places the undersheriff
is the warden of the county jail. The New York City Sheriff's
Office has five undersheriffs: each one is responsible for a
borough of New York City, with the Sheriff of the City of New
York overseeing all of them.
Inspector/commander: Sometime have an insignia of a single star,
analogous to brigadier generals, but in other areas wear a gold
or silver eagle, similar to a colonel. "Inspector" is also used
as a term for "detective" in the San Francisco Police Department
but is two ranks above captain in New York and in the
Philadelphia Police Department. In New York, inspectors command
divisions, which may be groups of precincts within a borough or
specialized branches of the police service.
Colonel: A majority of state police agencies use "colonel" as
their senior executive rank, often jointly with a civilian title
such as "superintendent," "commissioner" or "director."
Conversely, the colonel rank is rarely employed by other
agencies, though it is used by the Baltimore Police Department
and other Maryland agencies as either an executive or
commander-like rank. Colonels generally wear the gold or silver
eagle of a colonel, or the oak leaf of a lieutenant colonel,
from the U.S. armed forces.
Major/deputy inspector: Sometimes have an insignia of a gold or
silver oak leaf, similar to a major or lieutenant colonel. In
the Baltimore Police Department and Atlanta Police Department
majors supervise police stations.
Captain: Two gold or silver bars ("Railroad tracks"). Often
supervises a police station but can supervise another division
or unit (detectives, patrol, etc.) in smaller departments and
only certain sections of a police station in larger departments.
In NYC captains are the normal commanders of precincts.
Lieutenant: A single gold or silver bar, who supervises two to
three or more sergeants. Lieutenants can supervise an entire
watch shift of a police station or detective squad (Narcotics,
Homicide, etc.) in larger police departments and entire
precincts in smaller police departments.
Sergeant: Three inverted chevrons, a police officer who
supervises an entire watch shift in smaller departments and
areas of a precinct and individual detective squads in larger
departments.
Detective/Inspector/Investigator: An investigatory specialist,
usually working in plain clothes. This may be in several classes
that correspond to higher supervisory and pay grades. In NYC,
technically a designation: detectives do not actually outrank
police officers although they are in charge of cases and are
often senior in years of service and so have a certain degree of
authority beyond police officers in specific situations.
Officer/Deputy/Corporal: A regular officer/deputy wears no rank
insignia, and there may be several pay grades. Corporals, who
may be senior officers or acting watch commanders, wear two
inverted chevrons.
And if you go the page, which Wiki and not that hard to find,
you can look it up based on specific states:
HTML http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_ranks_of_the_United_States
HTML http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_ranks_of_the_United_States
Example, us as Louisianians, would be here, which is slightly
different from the US norm:
HTML http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_State_Police#Rank_structure
HTML http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_State_Police#Rank_structure
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Re: Law Enforcement Ranks
By: phoenix Date: February 13, 2013, 9:46 pm
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You just have to out-do me. ::) Is everything a competition to
you?
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Re: Law Enforcement Ranks
By: gunny Date: February 13, 2013, 9:47 pm
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Maybe. 8) It's just in my nature to be the best at everything.
Which is why I outrank you, Nix.
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Re: Law Enforcement Ranks
By: drprice Date: February 13, 2013, 9:48 pm
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Calm down, boys. ;)
So, remind me. Which ranks are you? I'm a simple civilian. :D
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Re: Law Enforcement Ranks
By: phoenix Date: February 13, 2013, 9:52 pm
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I'm a Sergeant and Clarence is a Lieutenant. He commands our
unit.
He got the powah, woo-woo :-*
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Re: Law Enforcement Ranks
By: gunny Date: February 13, 2013, 9:53 pm
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..........................
Stop flirting with me, Phoenix. >:(
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Re: Law Enforcement Ranks
By: phoenix Date: February 13, 2013, 9:59 pm
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Complain, complain. ;)
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Re: Law Enforcement Ranks
By: avery Date: February 15, 2013, 4:46 pm
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So Phoenix is an assistant manager and Clarence is a manager? XD
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Re: Law Enforcement Ranks
By: phoenix Date: February 15, 2013, 5:00 pm
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Clooooooooose... ::)
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