Yes, sergeant and above; lieutenant, captain. But all others are assigned officers of specialized units, i.e. violent crimes, robbery, gang. and narcotics.
In 2007 there were 1584 sworn officers of all ranks on the Cleveland Police Department.
Not all police departments are the same. Some departments let ranks as low as corporals become detectives, while some departments only allow lieutenants and captains. Regarding police, I have no idea what a "level" is
1360 Officers of all ranks.
There were 721 sworn officers of all ranks on the Toledo Ohio Police Department as of 12-31-2009.
As of August of 2009, the sworn staff of the Anchorage Police Department was 561 officers, of all ranks.
The San Francisco Police Department (also known as the SFPD) has the ranks of Police Officer, Inspector (Detective), Sergeant, Lieutenant, Captain, Commander, Deputy Chief, and Chief of Police. The Inspector rank, while still in use, is no longer available for testing and promotion. All officers wishing to enter the Investigations Bureau must promote to Police Sergeant and request and investigative assignment. Additionally, the rank of Assistant Chief is not currently being used as a cost-savings measure.
The police department of Baton Rouge, Louisiana is comprised of many officers in their regular and K-9 divisions. Some of the ranks in the department include Chief, Captain, Lieutenant, Sargent, and Officer.
For the ranks of detective, sargeant, and inspector, you have to be nominated by a supervisor. Your then selected by a board and have to pass examinations and demonstrate specific competencies in the relevant areas. For higher ranks you are interviewed by higher ranking officers.
Special offices in the police dept, they come up through the ranks, lose the uniforms and work on special cases like unsolved homicides
In order to be on a SWAT team, you must be a police officer. SWAT Team members are selected from the ranks of police offiers and given specialized training by their department.
Dallas ranks ninth in population and Chicago ranks third.
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