Police captain

Apolice captainis apolice rankin some countries, such as theUnited States,France,Thailand,and thePhilippines.^[1]

By country

France

Shoulder straps of a French police captain.

France uses the rank ofcapitainefor management duties in both uniformed and plain-clothed policing. The rank comes senior tolieutenantand junior tocommandant.This rank was previously known asinspecteur principalfor plain-clothed officers, andofficier de la paix principalfor officers in uniform.

United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, the approximate equivalent rank of a police captain is that ofchief inspector.

United States

Rank insignia for a typical U.S. police captain, consisting of two yellow bars (similar to that of a U.S. Army captain) on a white shirt. Some U.S. police departments use silver-colored bars as well as a variety of shirt colors.

In most American police departments, the rank of captain is immediately above that oflieutenant.A police captain is often the officer in charge of aprecinct.

In some smaller police departments, a person holding the rank of police captain may be in charge of a division (patrol division, detective division, etc.) within that department. In larger police departments, a police captain may command only one section of a precinct which is commanded by either a police major, police inspector, or the next highest rank. A police captain is considered upper-level management in most large urban police departments.

New York City

In theNew York City Police Department,the rank of captain is immediately belowdeputy inspector.Captains are usually veterans with extensive experience.

Philippines

Philippine National Policeinsignia for Police Captain

In the Philippines, the rank of a police captain is equivalent to a senior inspector based on the originalPhilippine National Policerank under the Republic Act 6975. It has existed since 2019. It was higher than apolice lieutenant,and lower than a police major.

Notable police captains

References

^Connolly, Francis M.; Mullins, George J. (1993).Police Sergeant, Lieutenant and Captain.Peterson's.ISBN 978-0-671-84686-2.

[1] Connolly, Francis M.; Mullins, George J. (1993).Police Sergeant, Lieutenant and Captain.Peterson's.ISBN 978-0-671-84686-2.

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