Commander (police)

Representative Law Enforcement Ranks
Metropolitan / Uniformed Ranks	Investigative Ranks	Rural Constabulary Ranks
P8b » Commissioner		P8b » Interior Minister
P8a » Deputy Commissioner		P8a » Deputy Interior Minister
P7b » Chief		P7b » Sheriff or Marshal
P7a » Deputy Chief		P7a » Deputy Sheriff or Marshal
P6b » Commander	P6b » Chief Superintendant	P6b » Commander
P6a » Deputy Commander	P6a » Superintendant	P6a » Deputy Commander
P5 » Captain	P5 » Chief Inspector	P5 » Captain
P4 » Lieutenant	P4 » Inspector (Special Agent) / -- «« Detective Lieutenant »» --	P4 » Lieutenant
P3b » Station Sergeant	P3b » Detective Sergeant	P3b » Senior Sergeant
P3a » Sergeant		P3a » Sergeant
P2 » Corporal (Sr. Patrolman / Constable)	P2 » Detective (Field Agent)	P2 » Corporal (Sr. Trooper)
P1 » Patrolman / Constable		P1 » Trooper
P0 » Police Cadet		P0 » Constabulary Cadet
n.b. Every Police Force uses a different structure

The rank of Commander is a command rank within a police force.

Description (Specifications)

The rank of Commander is a command rank within a police force ranking below Deputy Chief. Within a small-sized Police Force, a Commander may be the seniormost of the command ranks within the force, serving as the overall Commander and holding the effective or titular position of Chief.

Depending upon the force and its needs, a Chief may have several subordinate assistant command ranks, sub-divided into some or all of the following:

• Commander
• Deputy Commander

A Commander and/or Deputy Commander will often hold the equivalent rank of "Police Major" or "Police Lieutenant Colonel", depending upon the size of the police or constabulary force.

Within the Detective Investigative Division, the positions the senior supervisory positions at this level are normally referred to as follows:

• (Detective) Chief Superintendant (DCS)
• (Detective) Superintendant (DSuper)

History & Background (Dossier)

• No information currently available.

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• Bryan Steele. Agent (Mongoose Publishing, 2009), 5,11.
• . "Star Cops!." Dragon Magazine 113 (1986): 88.
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