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Definition of Police chief
1. Noun. A policeman in charge of a precinct.
Specialized synonyms: Chief Constable
Generic synonyms: Officer, Police Officer, Policeman
Specialized synonyms: Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria
Derivative terms: Captainship
Definition of Police chief
1. Noun. The head or leader of a police department or constabulary of a local government. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Police Chief
Literary usage of Police chief
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department edited by Warren Christopher (1998)
"Under the Plan, the police chief is rated by the Police Commission, the Mayor,
and an Executive Employee Relations Committee composed of selected City ..."
2. Federal Immigration Law Enforcement in the Southwest: Civil Rights Impacts by John F. Dulles (1998)
"147 Norman Stamper, assistant San Diego police chief, told the Advisory ...
According to police chief Bob Burgreen, a proposal to duplicate the El Paso ..."
3. School Violence: What Is Being Done to Combat School Violence? What Should edited by John L. Mica (2001)
"... vice president of the National District Attorneys Association, and Chief Reuben
Greenberg, the police chief of Charleston, SC. So, with that, welcome, ..."
4. Multijurisdictional Drug Law Enforcement Strategies: Reducing Supply And Demand (1993)
"The strategy for the sales effort was essentially planned by William Nolan, a
south suburban village's police chief who was strongly committed to ..."
5. History of Michigan by Charles Moore (1915)
"For five years he served as deputy United States marshal, and from 1902 to 1904
was for a second time in the office of police chief at Port Huron. ..."
6. Treatment Services for Adolescent Substance Abusers by Alfred S. Friedman (1998)
"At the earliest time possible, the researcher/Community Worker or the project
director should make an appointment with the police chief of the area. ..."
7. First History of Bayonne, New Jersey by Royden Page Whitcomb (1904)
"... Valuation of Property in 1869—Public Improvements—First police chief— First
Annual Tax Assessment—Organization of Fire Department—First Sewer Main. ..."
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