Posted: 6/15/2009 11:30:58 AM EDT
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Wondering what's the most common ranks encountered in most PDs.
Mine is the following. Lowest to Highest.... Officer Sgt Lt Captain Major Chief Detective isn't a rank for us, simply a position. So We have Detectives that are of equal rank to patrol officer, Sgts, etc.... |
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ha ha ha ha ha, we have a diamond shaped rank structure:
Trooper Sergeant Sergeant (Station Commander) Zone Sergeant First Sergeant Lieutenant Captain Major Staff Inspector Lt Colonel Colonel 1st Deputy Sperintendant Superintendant It is not uncommon to have one or two road patrols and four or five supervisors working and area. |
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Wondering what's the most common ranks encountered in most PDs. Mine is the following. Lowest to Highest.... Officer Sgt Lt Captain Major Chief Detective isn't a rank for us, simply a position. So We have Detectives that are of equal rank to patrol officer, Sgts, etc.... Similar here... except there is no Major. Deputy Chief takes that spot, then Assistant Sheriff, then the elected Sheriff. |
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Way back then:
Patrol: Patrol (usually a petty officer but occassionally a mature seaman) Leading Petty Officer who might be the Command Investigator Cadre if assigned (usually a 1st class or Chief MAA) Chief of Police (Chief Petty Officer) Dispatcher: Dispatcher Leading Petty Officer Gate Sentry: Gate Sentry Leading Petty Officer Aux. Security Force: Member Squad Leader Leading PO of the other two sections reported to Patrol LPO; Chief of Police to the Security Officer (me). ASF, when activated, internally, would be under the Patrol section on the basis of sworn (Patrol) vs unsworn (ASF). If detached, then under the leader assigned with them. I fought like the dickens to get a commissioned officer assigned to ASF for that purpose and finally, if only in lip service, had a reserved officer assigned. Then, from me, chain of command went something like this: XO, Captain, Admiral, District Admiral, CNO, SECNAV, SECDEF, POTUS. There was a slight bit of confusion to what path the chain followed, but in any event, it was a very short path which meant there were very few people around who could override my orders from my superiors. ___________________________________________________________ ("Well, Lieutenant, you are the XO on a U-Boat. That certainly must be an exciting job. What can I do for you today?"––SS Commander of a City "Sir, you are holding my father a prisoner. I demand his release immediately."––Herbert Werner.....and the SS Commander PALES because at that point in the war, an XO on a U-Boat is just 3-4 steps away from the Fueher. (w,stte), Book: "Iron Coffins" p.137 by Herbert A. Werner) |
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ha ha ha ha ha, we have a diamond shaped rank structure: Trooper Sergeant Sergeant (Station Commander) Zone Sergeant First Sergeant Lieutenant Captain Major Staff Inspector Lt Colonel Colonel 1st Deputy Sperintendant Superintendant It is not uncommon to have one or two road patrols and four or five supervisors working and area. Dear God.... Officer Sgt Lt Capt Assistant Chief Chief |
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Wondering what's the most common ranks encountered in most PDs. Mine is the following. Lowest to Highest.... Officer Sgt Lt Captain Major Chief Detective isn't a rank for us, simply a position. So We have Detectives that are of equal rank to patrol officer, Sgts, etc.... Same here, only Major is now Deputy Chief. Detective is a lateral/sidways move for patrol officers. |
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Depends on where you work.
In a district on a patrol platoon? Recruit PO I, II, III, and IV are sort of equal, but can act as rank if none available. Sergeant (Our one and only Master Sergeant, Manuel Curry, is gone.) Lieutenant of your platoon Lieutenant in charge of district detectives (sorta gray area here) Lieutenant who is district Intergrity Control Officer Major Deputy Chief for Operations Superintendent Police Commissioner (also known as Mayor.) If not in a district and not the Bureau of Investigations? No recruits, unless pre-academy types doing scut work around the office PO I, II, III, and IV as above, but very rare to have a PO I not in a district. Pretty rare for PO II as well. Sergeant Lieutenant Captain Generally Deputy Chief of your bureau, but in the Superintendent's Office (sort of bureau of its own,) there are a couple majors. Superintendent Bureau of Investigations? Same as other non district, but replace "Deputy Chief" with Deputy Superintendent (three stars instead of two.) (No one stars.) eta: PO I is no insignia, just district or bureau/unit on collars, PO II has single chevron on right collar, III has chevron with rocker same collar, IV has 2 chevrons same collar, all with silver badge. Sergeant goes to gold badge (as do detectives, but in uniform we wear a silver badge with chevrons as other POs,) with three chevrons on sleeves, LT uses a different shirt with epaulets that can take a dark blue sleeve with gold bar on it, captains have a white shirt with same device as on LTs epaulets but with two gold bars, major the same with an oak leaf, Deputy Chiefs same with two stars, Deputy Superintendent same with three stars, big cheese the same with four stars and badge worn upside down. |
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Police Officer/Detective Sergeant Lieutenant Captain Deputy Inspector Inspector Deputy Chief (one star) Assistant Chief (two stars) Bureau Chief (three stars) Chief of Department (four stars) Commisioner This. Dang. Ten ranks down from the top before you get to people who work for a living........................ |