Chief superintendent
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Chief superintendent is a senior rank in police forces, especially in those organised on the British model.
Rank insignia of chief superintendent
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UK police chief superintendent epaulette
Chief superintendent by country
Australia
In Australia, a chief superintendent is senior to the rank of
Canada
In the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Ontario Provincial Police, a chief superintendent wears two Bath stars (or pips) below a crown, equivalent to a colonel. In the RCMP, the rank falls between superintendent and assistant commissioner. The OPP rank is between superintendent and deputy commissioner or provincial commander.
Hong Kong
In the Hong Kong Police Force, a chief superintendent of police (CSP) ranks between a senior superintendent (SSP) and an assistant commissioner of police (ACP). A CSP is usually a district commander (DC) or a branch or bureau commander (e.g. Narcotics Bureau). The commandant of the police tactical unit is also a CSP.
Ireland
In the
Japan
The Japanese Prefectural police forces formerly used this rank. It has now been replaced by the rank of commissioner.[1] A chief superintendent was chief of a prefectural police force and equivalent in rank to a Japanese army major general.
Papua New Guinea
In the
Philippines
In the Philippines, chief superintendent is a rank in the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology and the Bureau of Fire Protection. It is above senior superintendent and below bureau director and is regarded as the equivalent of brigadier general in the Philippine Army. It was formerly used by the Philippine National Police.
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Chief Superintendent in the Philippines
Portugal
Chief superintendent (Portuguese: superintendente-chefe) is the highest officer rank in the Public Security Police (PSP) of Portugal. It is senior to the police rank of superintendent, being roughly equivalent to a general officer in the armed forces.
Chiefs superintendents can exercise the roles of national director, deputy national directors, inspector general of the PSP and commanding officers of major police commands.
The basic rank insignia of a chief superintendent consists of dark blue
United Kingdom
In the British police, a chief superintendent (Ch Supt; or colloquially "chief super") is senior to a superintendent and junior to an assistant chief constable (or a commander in the Metropolitan Police or City of London Police).
The rank of chief superintendent was first introduced into the Metropolitan Police in 1949, when superintendents were regraded to the new rank, and has since been adopted in all British police forces. However, the rank had been used previously to this in some forces in certain circumstances. For example, in 1920 the deputy head of Shropshire Constabulary bore the official title of "chief superintendent and deputy chief constable"[2] and in 1927, Lancashire Constabulary had two chief superintendents who were junior to the assistant chief constable.[3]
Between 1949 and 1968, chief superintendent was junior to deputy commander in the Metropolitan Police, and between 1953 and 1974 it was immediately senior to superintendent grade I.
Traditionally, chief superintendents have commanded
The senior detective and commander of the criminal investigation department in most forces is a detective chief superintendent (DCS or Det Ch Supt) (although in the Metropolitan Police, a DCS may only command a branch of the CID and the head of CID in each district was formerly also a DCS) and the rank of chief superintendent may also be used by the commanders of other headquarters departments.
The rank badge, worn on the epaulettes, is a
A chief superintendent's annual salary starts at £81,156 and rises to £85,614 with an additional London weighting of £2,373 (as of April 2019).[4]
References
- ^ https://www.npa.go.jp/english/Police_of_Japan/2020/poj2020_full.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Civilian War Honours". The Times. 31 March 1920.
- S2CID 149098867.
- ^ "Superintending Pay Scales". policesupers. Archived from the original on 2016-09-28. Retrieved 2016-09-18.