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Encyclopedia > Police commissioner

Police Commissioner (or Commissioner of Police) is the title of the chief officer of many law enforcement agencies. In some organizations, the commissioner is a political appointee, and may or may not actually be a professional police officer. In these circumstances, there is often a professional chief of police in charge of day-to-day operations. Usually, however, the commissioner is the professional head of the organisation. For the band, see The Police. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Police. ... Chief of Police is the title typically given to the head of a police department, particularly in the United States and Canada. ...


In some U.S. states, the sheriff fills the same function as a police commissioner. For example in Las Vegas, Nevada the elected county sheriff heads a combined county-municipal Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. The agency was created via a merger of the Sheriff's Office and the former municipal Police Department. 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. ... 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. ... Nickname: The Entertainment Capital of the World Official website: http://www. ... Originally, in continental Europe, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count. ... The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (also known as the LVMPD or Metro) is the joint city-county police force for the Las Vegas metropolitan area. ...


In the police of France and other French-speaking countries, Commissaire (Commissioner) is a lower rank equating approximately to the British police rank of Superintendent. French (français, langue française) is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered in speakers only by Spanish and Portuguese. ... Most of the fifty-six UK Police forces use a standard set of ranks, listed here in ascending seniority. ... Superintendent (Supt. ...


A famous fictional commissioner is Commissioner James Gordon, ally of Batman. Jim Gordon is also the name of an American musician of the 60s and 70s. ... The DC Comics superhero Batman (originally and still sometimes referred to as the Batman or the Bat-Man) is a fictional character who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ...


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Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (326 words)
Until the 1970s, the Commissioners were justices of the peace and not sworn constables.
The Commissioner is generally regarded as the most senior operational police officer in the United Kingdom (although since each police force is independent this is not technically accurate).
Sir John Nott-Bower was the first career police officer to hold the post (although several previous commissioners had served in senior administrative positions in colonial forces and the Metropolitan Police itself) and Sir Joseph Simpson was the first commissioner to have started his career as a constable (although he was soon appointed to higher rank).
Police commissioner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (195 words)
Police Commissioner (or Commissioner of Police) is the title of the chief officer of many law enforcement agencies.
In some organizations, the commissioner is a political appointee, and may or may not actually be a professional police officer.
A famous fictional commissioner is Commissioner James Gordon, ally of Batman.
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