The answer depends on which specific department. In many departments it is a Police Chief, but that is one title among many.
Senior Officer.
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Chief, Assistant Chief, Deputy Chief, Captain, Lieutenant, Sergeant II, Sergeant I, Detective III, Detective, II, Detective I, Senior Lead Police Officer, Lead Police Officer, Police Officer
The likely word is sergeant, a senior police rank, or non-commissioned officer of the military.
Edward Masen Senior was a wealthy lawyer
Only when instructed by a senior ranking officer (be it fire/ambulance or police)
RanksCommissioned officersDirector General (P D/Gen.) - GeneralDeputy Director General (P D/DGen.) - Lieutenant GeneralDirector (P Dir.) - Major GeneralChief Superintendent (P C/Supt.) - Brigadier GeneralSenior Superintendent (P S/Supt.) - ColonelSuperintendent (P Supt.) - Lieutenant ColonelChief Inspector (P C/Insp.) - MajorSenior Inspector (P S/Insp.) - CaptainInspector (P Insp.) - LieutenantNote: Rank in Italics is the Army equivalent. There is no Second Lieutenant rank-equivalent in the P.N.P.Non-commissioned officersSenior Police Officer IV (SPO4) - Senior Master Sergeant/ Chief Master Sergeant
The most Senior Ranking Officer regardless of service
The single most important thing about being a police officer, ...Go home at the end of every shift.
He was a police officer. Joseph Ratzinger Senior was a German civil servant, and Police Officer.
Secretary of state is the senior cabinet officer
In most states the police officer that tends to the court room is a deputy sheriff. They are called bailiffs.