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A detective is a first-line investigator, analogous to a police officer. A sergeant is a first-line supervisor, charged with overseeing the work of police officers, detectives, or other employees. A detective sergeant is one who oversees detectives.

Most law enforcement agencies don't have a rank of "detective sergeant." A sergeant is a first-line supervisor who can be assigned anywhere in the department. A sergeant might refer to him/herself as a "detective sergeant" when assigned to the detective division (because being a detective generally carries greater status), but could find him/herself working in uniformed patrol six months later, simply because their detective tour was for a fixed term of months that had run its course.

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