Police lieutenant

By country

France

Shoulder straps of a French police lieutenant.

France uses the rank of lieutenant for management duties in both uniformed and plain-clothed policing. The rank comes senior to lieutenant intern and junior to capitaine.

This rank was previously known as inspecteur for plain-clothed officers, and officier de la paix for officers in uniform.

United Kingdom

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

United States

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

In most US police departments, the rank of lieutenant is immediately above that of sergeant. A police lieutenant is often the deputy officer in charge of a precinct.[1]

In some smaller police departments, a person holding the rank of police lieutenant may be in charge of a division (patrol division, detective division, etc.) within that department.[2] In larger police departments, a police lieutenant may command only one section of a precinct which is commanded by either a police captain, police major, police inspector, or the next highest rank. A police lieutenant is considered senior management in most large urban police departments.

New York

In the New York City Police Department, the rank of lieutenant is immediately below police captain. Lieutenants are usually veterans with extensive experience.

Boston

In the Boston Police Department, there are ranks of lieutenant and lieutenant detective.

In the cinema

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