Chief of Police is the title typically given to the head of a police department, particularly in the United States and Canada. Similar alternate titles include Commissioner and Chief Constable. In contrast to a sheriff, who is generally elected by the voters of a county, chiefs of police usually are municipal employees who owe their allegiance to a city. Often they are appointed by the mayor of a city; conversely they may be appointed by or subject to the confirmation of a police commission. In some states they have both appointed and elected Chiefs of Police (Louisiana). In some jurisdictions all police officers, including the chief, are under the protection of civil service regulations. In some jurisdictions the head of the police commission is in fact the leader of the police and holds a position analogous or similar to the one described here, in which case he or she is referred to as Commissioner. The New York City Police Department has both a Police Commissioner and a Chief, formerly called the Chief Inspector but now called the Chief of Department. In Louisiana some Chiefs of Police serve as Chief of Police, Marshal, and Constable for the city. Police Commissioner (or Commissioner of Police) is the title of the chief officer of many police organisations. ... Chief Constable is the title given to the commanding officer of every territorial police force in the United Kingdom except the two responsible for Greater London. ... Sheriff is both a political and a legal office held under English common law, Scots law or U.S. common law, or the person who holds such office. ... Originally, in continental Europe, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count. ... A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... A panorama of Sydney, Australia at night. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... A civil servant or public servant is a civilian career public sector employee working for a government department or agency. ... The New York City Police Department (NYPD), the largest police department in the United States, has primary responsibility for law enforcement and investigation within the five boroughs of New York City. ...

The constitutions of all U.S. states (except Connecticut, which has no sheriffs, and Hawaii, which has a State Sheriff) 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". In this case, a decision must be made about how to divide the powers between the county sheriff and the city chief of police. The usual compromise is one which allows the chief of police to exercise law enforcement jursidiction and to give the sheriff and his or her 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. A state of the United States (U.S. state) is any one of the fifty states, four of which officially favor the term commonwealth which, along with the District of Columbia, form the United States of America. ... Official language(s) English Capital Hartford Largest city Bridgeport Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 48th 14,371 km² 113 km 177 km 12. ... Official language(s) Hawaiian and English Capital Honolulu Largest city Honolulu Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 43rd 28,337 km² n/a km 2,450 km 41. ... It has been suggested that Metropolitan_government be merged into this article or section. ... In the United States the term metropolitan government is most frequently used to describe a system of municipal government in which most or all of the functions of a government of a county are combined with those of its principal city. ... A summons is a legal document issued by a court addressed to a defendant in a legal proceeding. ...

In the province of Ontario, Canada, a Chief of Police must be a sworn Police Officer and therefore have completed training at the Ontario Police College or have served past a probationary period with another recognized police force. This requirement is legislated in the Police Services Act of Ontario. The legislation states in Section 2 that a Chief of Police is a Police Officer. Section 44.2 of the PSA defines the training requirements. There was a case of the Guelph, Ontario Police Department where a human resources manager was promoted to the position of Deputy Chief, but was required to complete training at the OPC. The Ontario Police College (OPC) is located just east of Aylmer, Ontario, in the farm rich area of South Western Ontario. ...

A police chief may in a small town be the only paid employee of the police department and have a staff consisting only of volunteers, when available; conversely the police chief of a major city may have thousands (or in the case of very large cities such as New York City and Los Angeles, tens of thousands) of sworn officers and thousands more civilian employees under his or her command. So it is very obvious that the qualifications and skills required to be a police chief vary widely. Another important consideration is how overtly a police department is influenced by politics, which 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 to an extent that was unknown even a few decades ago. Nickname: The Big Apple Official website: City of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area Total 468. ... Nickname: City of Angels Official website: http://www. ... Politics, sometimes defined as the art and science of government. ...