chief of police

noun phrase

: the head of the police department

Examples of chief of police in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The novel follows chief of police Ed Kapenash and an impending divorcee named Sharon. Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 28 May 2024 San Diego police and Coronado police have both refused to pick up the case during that time, and the chief of police of Coronado, June Jordan, who was trained by the Federal Bureau of Investigations and knows Alton, admits that something doesn’t add up here. Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2024 He also previously as the deputy chief of police and emergency management at the University of the District of Columbia. Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024 But Minneapolis’s chief of police, Brian O’Hara, risks getting these lessons wrong. Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024 Whitmire has appointed Assistant Chief Larry Satterwhite as acting chief of police. Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024 The responsibility to call for mutual aid through the UC Systemwide Response Team — a group of about 80 officers across the 10 campuses — has to be made by the host university’s chief of police, according to the UC police procedures manual. Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2024 The Office of Campus Safety has now been launched to run emergency management and Rick Braziel, a former Sacramento chief of police, has been nominated with the title of inaugural associate vice chancellor. Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 The inspector general is appointed by the all-civilian Police Commission and Smith’s office acts as its investigative arm, including handling complaints made against the chief of police. Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024

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“Chief of police.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chief%20of%20police. Accessed 5 Jun. 2024.

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