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Superintendent (police)

Superintendent (Supt) is a rank in the British police and in most English-speaking Commonwealth nations. In many Commonwealth countries, the full version is superintendent of police (SP). The rank is also used in most British Overseas Territories and in many former British colonies. In some countries, such as Italy, the rank of superintendent is a lower rank.

Rank insignia of superintendent edit

Superintendent in several countries edit

Australia edit

In Australia, the rank of superintendent is the next senior rank from chief Inspector and is less senior than a chief superintendent (Victoria Police, South Australia Police, New South Wales Police, Queensland Police) or an assistant commissioner (Western Australia Police). Some officers also hold the rank of detective chief superintendent (though this is seldom used) and detective superintendent. Superintendents wear an epaulette bearing one pip below a crown, the same rank badge as a lieutenant-colonel and wear police caps with a laurel wreath across the brim to indicate seniority.

Canada edit

In Canada, the rank of superintendent is usually the next senior rank up from inspector. Some police forces[example needed] also have the higher rank of staff superintendent (senior staff superintendent) or regional superintendent. Quebec-based police forces (e.g. Sureté du Québec, Service de police de la Ville de Montréal, Quebec City Police Service) do not use this rank or rank structure.

Hong Kong edit

Hong Kong Police Force ranks are based on the British system:

  • Chief superintendent – in command of a branch or district formation
  • Senior superintendent – second in charge of a district or commander of a bureau
  • Superintendent – in command of HQ unit or police division

India edit

In India, a superintendent of police (SP) heads the police force of a police district or is in charge of a rural area in a district. Their rank badge is the state emblem one star. The rank below it is additional superintendent of police (Addl.SP) or deputy superintendent of police (Dy.SP), while the rank above it is senior superintendent of police (SSP). In the state of Kerala, superintendents of police in charge of districts are called District Police Chiefs.[1]

Ireland edit

In the Republic of Ireland the rank of superintendent is between inspector and chief superintendent. There are usually two or three assigned to each division. Detectives use the "detective" prefix. There were 178 superintendents in the Garda Síochána at the beginning of 2006. In the Irish language, a Garda superintendent is a ceannfort, which translates literally as "headman". Ard-Cheannfort is a chief superintendent or "high headman". Ceannfort is also used for the military rank of "commandant", equivalent to major.

Each police district is commanded by a superintendent. Districts are sub-units of divisions, which are commanded by chief superintendents.

Italy edit

In the Italian Polizia di Stato, the rank of vicequestore equals a British police superintendent, while the rank of sovrintendente (Italian for superintendent) is a low-level rank, equal to a British or American police sergeant and also equal to sergeant in the Italian military.

Japan edit

In Japan, it is used by the Prefectural police for the officer in command of a smaller police station. [2] It is equivalent to the Japanese army rank of lieutenant colonel.

Macau edit

Superintendent general and superintendent are, respectively, the ranks of the commander and deputy commanders of the Public Security Police (CPSP) of Macau. The rank of superintendent is senior to the rank of intendent.

The CPSP rank insignia follows the generic model of the Portuguese Public Security Police, with the insignia of senior officers consisting of epaulets that contain two crossed horsewhips inside a laurel wreath and PSP stars (six-point silver star with the "SP" monogram in the center) whose number defines the precise rank. The number of stars in the insignia of superintendent general and superintendent are, respectively, four and three. The rank insignia of superintendent general and superintendent are also distinguished in being in red epaulets instead of the dark blue of the other ranks.

New Zealand edit

In New Zealand, the rank of superintendent is above inspector and below assistant commissioner. Superintendents are typically appointed as district commanders or directors of service centres, and the rank is also held by the commandant of the Royal New Zealand Police College.

Pakistan edit

In Pakistan, a senior superintendent of police is the head of the district police. Some districts and police divisions are commanded by superintendents of police. The police service of Pakistan now identifies a new hierarchy including DPO (District Police Officer), CCPO (Capital City Police Officer) etc. Superintendent of Police is equivalent to DPO [or CPO (City Police Officer) in smaller districts] and can be a CSP recruit belonging to PSP (Police Service of Pakistan) and can also be a ranker.

Papua New Guinea edit

In the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary, the rank of superintendent is above chief inspector and below chief superintendent.

Philippines edit

In the Philippines, superintendent is a rank in the Philippine National Police, the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, and the Bureau of Fire Protection. It is above chief inspector and below senior superintendent and is regarded as the equivalent of lieutenant colonel in the Philippine Army.

Portugal edit

In Portugal, superintendent (Portuguese: superintendente) is an officer rank in the Public Security Police (PSP). It is senior to the police rank of intendant and inferior to the rank of chief superintendent, being roughly equivalent to a colonel in the military.

Superintendents usually exercise the role of commanding officers of district commands or the role of second-in-command in the metropolitan and regional commands.

The rank insignia of a superintendent consists of a dark blue epaulet with two crossed horsewhips inside a laurel wreath and three PSP stars arranged in an inverted triangle. Each PSP star consists of a six-point silver star with the "SP" monogram in the center.

Singapore edit

In Singapore, the rank is used in both the Singapore Police Force (SPF) and the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) as both use the same rank structure.[3][4] In the SPF, there are three tiers of superintendent: assistant superintendent of police (ASP); deputy superintendent of police (DSP); and superintendent of police (SUPT). These three ranks fall under the senior police officer category.

South Africa edit

Pre-Union edit

The rank was introduced in 1825, for the head of the Cape Town police. It was discontinued in 1860.

It was also used in the short-lived Griqualand Mounted Police from 1873 to 1880 and in the Natal Police from 1894 to 1913, the Transvaal Town Police from 1901 to 1908, the Transvaal Police from 1908 to 1913, and the Orange River Colony Police from 1908 to 1913.

Post-Union edit

The rank reappeared in the Union of South Africa as the rank of the head of the South African Railways & Harbours Police in 1944. It was equivalent to the military rank of colonel, with the same rank insignia. From 1946, there were three grades: chief superintendent (brigadier), deputy chief superintendent (colonel), and superintendent (lieutenant-colonel). The police titles were replaced by the military titles in the 1960s.

The title was reinstated for the South African Police Service in 1995. There were two grades: senior superintendent (equivalent to colonel) and superintendent (lieutenant-colonel). The police titles were replaced by the military titles in 2010.

Sri Lanka edit

In Sri Lanka, superintendent of police (SP) is a senior gazetted officer rank senior to assistant superintendent of police and junior to senior superintendent of police. The latter was created in the 1980s. Superintendents are typically appointed as regional commanders of police divisions.

United Kingdom edit

The rank of superintendent is senior to chief inspector and junior to chief superintendent. The rank badge is a crown worn on the epaulettes, the same as a major in the British Army.

Metropolitan Police edit

The rank of superintendent was introduced at the foundation of the Metropolitan Police in 1829. Each division was commanded by a superintendent. The rank below superintendent was originally inspector until the introduction of chief inspector in 1868. Originally, only the commissioners held a higher rank than superintendent (and they were not sworn police officers). In 1839, Captain William Hay was appointed to the new rank of inspecting superintendent, replaced by assistant commissioner in 1856. The rank of district superintendent was introduced between superintendent and assistant commissioner in 1869, and was renamed chief constable in 1886.

The rank of superintendent was also adopted in the Detective Branch (later the Criminal Investigation Department) from 1868, when Adolphus Williamson, the first head of the branch, was promoted to the rank.

In 1949, Metropolitan Police superintendents were regraded to the new rank of chief superintendent, chief inspectors were regraded to superintendent, and sub-divisional inspectors and divisional detective inspectors were regraded to chief inspector (with those ranks being abolished).

In September 1953, there was another change, when the rank was split into superintendent grade I (current superintendents, chief inspectors commanding sub-divisions and detective chief inspectors commanding divisional CIDs) and superintendent grade II (other current chief inspectors), with a redefined rank of chief inspector being created for senior inspectors.[5] Superintendents grade II wore the crown (the rank badge formerly worn by chief inspectors), with superintendents grade I wearing a crown over a pip (the rank badge formerly worn by superintendents). This lasted until 1974, when superintendent once more became a single rank, wearing a crown on the epaulettes.

From January 1954 there was one superintendent grade I and one chief inspector in each sub-division, one chief superintendent, one superintendent grade II and one detective superintendent grade I in each division, and one commander, one deputy commander, one detective chief superintendent, and one detective superintendent grade II in each district.[5] A detective chief inspector was added in each division later in 1954.[6]

Other British forces edit

In most other forces, superintendent lay between inspector and assistant chief constable until well into the 20th century. In many smaller forces, the senior superintendent was also the ACC. Some forces had chief inspectors, and some later acquired chief superintendents, but this was by no means universal. Today, however, every force in the country has all three ranks.

Salary edit

A superintendent's starting salary, as of 2021, is UK£70,1734 rising to £82,881 after five years. These salaries may be affected by regional and competency pay allowances.[7]

United States edit

In the United States, superintendent is the title used for the head of certain police departments, such as the New Jersey State Police,[8] Police Command Staff in New York State Police,[9] Massachusetts State Police,[10] Chicago Police Department,[11] New Orleans Police Department,[12] Ohio State Highway Patrol,[13] Missouri State Highway Patrol,[14] Oregon State Police,[15] and Indiana State Police.[16] In some police departments, superintendent is instead the title used to describe a position with responsibilities that would be given in other police departments to bureau or division chiefs, with examples being the Cambridge Police Department,[17] Boston Police Department[18] and Dayton, Ohio Police Department.[19]

See also edit

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ . Article2.org. 2010-12-04. Archived from the original on 2013-05-26. Retrieved 2013-03-21.
  2. ^ https://www.npa.go.jp/english/Police_of_Japan/2020/poj2020_full.pdf
  3. ^ "Senior Police Officer - Rank Structure". spf.gov.sg.
  4. ^ . ica.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 2013-03-15.
  5. ^ a b Report of the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis for the Year 1953
  6. ^ Report of the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis for the Year 1954
  7. ^ "Police Pay Scales". Police Oracle. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  8. ^ "New Jersey State". Retrieved 2020-04-25.
  9. ^ "Superintendent Joseph A. D'Amico". Troopers.ny.gov. Retrieved 2013-03-21.
  10. ^ "Colonel Superintendent Timothy P. Alben and Marl Vincent Labitad". mass.gov. Retrieved 2015-01-16.
  11. ^ "Superintendent Eddie T. Johnson". chicagopolice.org. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  12. ^ "Superintendent Shaun D. Ferguson". nola.gov. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  13. ^ "Colonel Superintendent Richard S. Fambro". statepatrol.ohio.gov. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  14. ^ "Colonel Superintendent Eric T. Olson". mshp.dps.missouri.gov/. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  15. ^ "Superintendent Travis Hampton". oregon.gov. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  16. ^ "Superintendent Douglas G. Carter". in.gov. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  17. ^ "Cambridge Police Leadership Team". cambridgema.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  18. ^ "Rule+101.pdf" (PDF). bpdnews.com. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  19. ^ "I N D E X". daytonohio.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-22.

References edit

  • Police Forces of the World, by William Hall Watson, Zeus Publications 2006, ISBN 1-921005-63-7

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Australia 2 2 Canada 2 3 Hong Kong 2 4 India 2 5 Ireland 2 6 Italy 2 7 Japan 2 8 Macau 2 9 New Zealand 2 10 Pakistan 2 11 Papua New Guinea 2 12 Philippines 2 13 Portugal 2 14 Singapore 2 15 South Africa 2 15 1 Pre Union 2 15 2 Post Union 2 16 Sri Lanka 2 17 United Kingdom 2 17 1 Metropolitan Police 2 17 2 Other British forces 2 17 3 Salary 2 18 United States 3 See also 4 Footnotes 5 ReferencesRank insignia of superintendent edit nbsp Bangladesh Police nbsp Italian State Police nbsp Police Service of Pakistan nbsp Portuguese Public Security Police nbsp Singapore Police Force nbsp Swedish Police nbsp United Kingdom Police nbsp Australian Federal Police nbsp Canadian Police nbsp Irish Garda Siochana nbsp South Korean Police nbsp Indian PoliceSuperintendent in several countries editAustralia edit In Australia the rank of superintendent is the next senior rank from chief Inspector and is less senior than a chief superintendent Victoria Police South Australia Police New South Wales Police Queensland Police or an assistant commissioner Western Australia Police Some officers also hold the rank of detective chief superintendent though this is seldom used and detective superintendent Superintendents wear an epaulette bearing one pip below a crown the same rank badge as a lieutenant colonel and wear police caps with a laurel wreath across the brim to indicate seniority Canada edit In Canada the rank of superintendent is usually the next senior rank up from inspector Some police forces example needed also have the higher rank of staff superintendent senior staff superintendent or regional superintendent Quebec based police forces e g Surete du Quebec Service de police de la Ville de Montreal Quebec City Police Service do not use this rank or rank structure Hong Kong edit Hong Kong Police Force ranks are based on the British system Chief superintendent in command of a branch or district formation Senior superintendent second in charge of a district or commander of a bureau Superintendent in command of HQ unit or police division India edit Main article Superintendent of police India In India a superintendent of police SP heads the police force of a police district or is in charge of a rural area in a district Their rank badge is the state emblem one star The rank below it is additional superintendent of police Addl SP or deputy superintendent of police Dy SP while the rank above it is senior superintendent of police SSP In the state of Kerala superintendents of police in charge of districts are called District Police Chiefs 1 Ireland edit In the Republic of Ireland the rank of superintendent is between inspector and chief superintendent There are usually two or three assigned to each division Detectives use the detective prefix There were 178 superintendents in the Garda Siochana at the beginning of 2006 In the Irish language a Garda superintendent is a ceannfort which translates literally as headman Ard Cheannfort is a chief superintendent or high headman Ceannfort is also used for the military rank of commandant equivalent to major Each police district is commanded by a superintendent Districts are sub units of divisions which are commanded by chief superintendents Italy edit In the Italian Polizia di Stato the rank of vicequestore equals a British police superintendent while the rank of sovrintendente Italian for superintendent is a low level rank equal to a British or American police sergeant and also equal to sergeant in the Italian military Japan edit In Japan it is used by the Prefectural police for the officer in command of a smaller police station 2 It is equivalent to the Japanese army rank of lieutenant colonel Macau edit Superintendent general and superintendent are respectively the ranks of the commander and deputy commanders of the Public Security Police CPSP of Macau The rank of superintendent is senior to the rank of intendent The CPSP rank insignia follows the generic model of the Portuguese Public Security Police with the insignia of senior officers consisting of epaulets that contain two crossed horsewhips inside a laurel wreath and PSP stars six point silver star with the SP monogram in the center whose number defines the precise rank The number of stars in the insignia of superintendent general and superintendent are respectively four and three The rank insignia of superintendent general and superintendent are also distinguished in being in red epaulets instead of the dark blue of the other ranks New Zealand edit In New Zealand the rank of superintendent is above inspector and below assistant commissioner Superintendents are typically appointed as district commanders or directors of service centres and the rank is also held by the commandant of the Royal New Zealand Police College Pakistan edit In Pakistan a senior superintendent of police is the head of the district police Some districts and police divisions are commanded by superintendents of police The police service of Pakistan now identifies a new hierarchy including DPO District Police Officer CCPO Capital City Police Officer etc Superintendent of Police is equivalent to DPO or CPO City Police Officer in smaller districts and can be a CSP recruit belonging to PSP Police Service of Pakistan and can also be a ranker Papua New Guinea edit In the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary the rank of superintendent is above chief inspector and below chief superintendent Philippines edit In the Philippines superintendent is a rank in the Philippine National Police the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology and the Bureau of Fire Protection It is above chief inspector and below senior superintendent and is regarded as the equivalent of lieutenant colonel in the Philippine Army Portugal edit In Portugal superintendent Portuguese superintendente is an officer rank in the Public Security Police PSP It is senior to the police rank of intendant and inferior to the rank of chief superintendent being roughly equivalent to a colonel in the military Superintendents usually exercise the role of commanding officers of district commands or the role of second in command in the metropolitan and regional commands The rank insignia of a superintendent consists of a dark blue epaulet with two crossed horsewhips inside a laurel wreath and three PSP stars arranged in an inverted triangle Each PSP star consists of a six point silver star with the SP monogram in the center Singapore edit In Singapore the rank is used in both the Singapore Police Force SPF and the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority ICA as both use the same rank structure 3 4 In the SPF there are three tiers of superintendent assistant superintendent of police ASP deputy superintendent of police DSP and superintendent of police SUPT These three ranks fall under the senior police officer category South Africa edit Pre Union edit The rank was introduced in 1825 for the head of the Cape Town police It was discontinued in 1860 It was also used in the short lived Griqualand Mounted Police from 1873 to 1880 and in the Natal Police from 1894 to 1913 the Transvaal Town Police from 1901 to 1908 the Transvaal Police from 1908 to 1913 and the Orange River Colony Police from 1908 to 1913 Post Union edit The rank reappeared in the Union of South Africa as the rank of the head of the South African Railways amp Harbours Police in 1944 It was equivalent to the military rank of colonel with the same rank insignia From 1946 there were three grades chief superintendent brigadier deputy chief superintendent colonel and superintendent lieutenant colonel The police titles were replaced by the military titles in the 1960s The title was reinstated for the South African Police Service in 1995 There were two grades senior superintendent equivalent to colonel and superintendent lieutenant colonel The police titles were replaced by the military titles in 2010 Sri Lanka edit In Sri Lanka superintendent of police SP is a senior gazetted officer rank senior to assistant superintendent of police and junior to senior superintendent of police The latter was created in the 1980s Superintendents are typically appointed as regional commanders of police divisions United Kingdom edit Main article Police ranks of the United Kingdom The rank of superintendent is senior to chief inspector and junior to chief superintendent The rank badge is a crown worn on the epaulettes the same as a major in the British Army Metropolitan Police edit The rank of superintendent was introduced at the foundation of the Metropolitan Police in 1829 Each division was commanded by a superintendent The rank below superintendent was originally inspector until the introduction of chief inspector in 1868 Originally only the commissioners held a higher rank than superintendent and they were not sworn police officers In 1839 Captain William Hay was appointed to the new rank of inspecting superintendent replaced by assistant commissioner in 1856 The rank of district superintendent was introduced between superintendent and assistant commissioner in 1869 and was renamed chief constable in 1886 The rank of superintendent was also adopted in the Detective Branch later the Criminal Investigation Department from 1868 when Adolphus Williamson the first head of the branch was promoted to the rank In 1949 Metropolitan Police superintendents were regraded to the new rank of chief superintendent chief inspectors were regraded to superintendent and sub divisional inspectors and divisional detective inspectors were regraded to chief inspector with those ranks being abolished In September 1953 there was another change when the rank was split into superintendent grade I current superintendents chief inspectors commanding sub divisions and detective chief inspectors commanding divisional CIDs and superintendent grade II other current chief inspectors with a redefined rank of chief inspector being created for senior inspectors 5 Superintendents grade II wore the crown the rank badge formerly worn by chief inspectors with superintendents grade I wearing a crown over a pip the rank badge formerly worn by superintendents This lasted until 1974 when superintendent once more became a single rank wearing a crown on the epaulettes From January 1954 there was one superintendent grade I and one chief inspector in each sub division one chief superintendent one superintendent grade II and one detective superintendent grade I in each division and one commander one deputy commander one detective chief superintendent and one detective superintendent grade II in each district 5 A detective chief inspector was added in each division later in 1954 6 Other British forces edit In most other forces superintendent lay between inspector and assistant chief constable until well into the 20th century In many smaller forces the senior superintendent was also the ACC Some forces had chief inspectors and some later acquired chief superintendents but this was by no means universal Today however every force in the country has all three ranks Salary edit A superintendent s starting salary as of 2021 update is UK 70 1734 rising to 82 881 after five years These salaries may be affected by regional and competency pay allowances 7 United States edit In the United States superintendent is the title used for the head of certain police departments such as the New Jersey State Police 8 Police Command Staff in New York State Police 9 Massachusetts State Police 10 Chicago Police Department 11 New Orleans Police Department 12 Ohio State Highway Patrol 13 Missouri State Highway Patrol 14 Oregon State Police 15 and Indiana State Police 16 In some police departments superintendent is instead the title used to describe a position with responsibilities that would be given in other police departments to bureau or division chiefs with examples being the Cambridge Police Department 17 Boston Police Department 18 and Dayton Ohio Police Department 19 See also editCommissaire de police Senior superintendent Chief superintendentFootnotes edit Kerala Police Bill 2010 Article2 org 2010 12 04 Archived from the original on 2013 05 26 Retrieved 2013 03 21 https www npa go jp english Police of Japan 2020 poj2020 full pdf Senior Police Officer Rank Structure spf gov sg ICA Rank Structure ica gov sg Archived from the original on 2013 03 15 a b Report of the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis for the Year 1953 Report of the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis for the Year 1954 Police Pay Scales Police Oracle Retrieved 16 May 2022 New Jersey State Retrieved 2020 04 25 Superintendent Joseph A D Amico Troopers ny gov Retrieved 2013 03 21 Colonel Superintendent Timothy P Alben and Marl Vincent Labitad mass gov Retrieved 2015 01 16 Superintendent Eddie T Johnson chicagopolice org Retrieved 2019 07 31 Superintendent Shaun D Ferguson nola gov Retrieved 2019 07 31 Colonel Superintendent Richard S Fambro statepatrol ohio gov Retrieved 2019 07 31 Colonel Superintendent Eric T Olson mshp dps missouri gov Retrieved 2019 07 31 Superintendent Travis Hampton oregon gov Retrieved 2019 07 31 Superintendent Douglas G Carter in gov Retrieved 2019 07 31 Cambridge Police Leadership Team cambridgema gov Retrieved 2019 09 22 Rule 101 pdf PDF bpdnews com Retrieved 2019 09 22 I N D E X daytonohio gov Retrieved 2019 09 22 References editPolice Forces of the World by William Hall Watson Zeus Publications 2006 ISBN 1 921005 63 7 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Superintendent police amp oldid 1216460632, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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