A police chief is an administrator. he/she is above the supervisors who are above the managers.
Boss, manager, supervisor, chief, director, administrator
Usually the Chief of Police reports to a Police Commission, the City Council, the Mayor or a city or town Administrator
In most(all?) states the Sheriff is a state constitutional officer. Inasmuch as he is the Chief Administrator of his department he would be Manager level.
Definition 'manager over other employees': executive, administrator, director, overseer, chief, supervisor...Definition 'great': awesome, wonderful, excellent
The mayor is above the chief of police. Then the city manager .
controller, head, leader, manager, chief, executive, governor, administrator
The police chief typically works at the local level of government, within the police department of a municipality or county.
manager, head, leader, director, chief, master, employer, supervisor, baas
A city administrator is an official appointed as the administrative manager of a city, in a council-manager form of city government. Local officials serving in this position are somtimes referred to as the chief executive officer (CEO) or chief administrative officier (CAO) in some municipalities.
Most usually are, but no, it is not necessary. They are normally appointed by a board or the chief administrator of the municipality. The current head of the Chicago Police was never a police officer, just an FBI agent. He is failing as a chief
The president is the chief administrator of the federal bureaucracy.
The Chief of Police is not an elective office. Depending on the type of local government they are usually appointed by the chief executive of the city administration (Mayor - City Manager - City Council - etc).