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po·lice chief

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. captain, police captain, police chiefnoun

    a policeman in charge of a precinct

Wiktionary

  1. police chiefnoun

    The head or leader of a police department or constabulary of a local government.

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  1. police chief

    A police chief is the highest-ranking officer in a police department who is responsible for overseeing all operations, designing and implementing effective crime prevention strategies, managing staff, and liaising with the direct community or relevant governmental bodies. They ensure the department works efficiently to enforce laws and maintain public safety. Their authority and responsibilities can vary depending on the size and structure of the department or jurisdiction.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of police chief in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of police chief in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of police chief in a Sentence

  1. Gary Hartman:

    If you think you can run, you’re wrong, if you think you can hide, you’re wrong. If you think that Tacoma Police is going to give up, you’re wrong, Tacoma Police Chief Don Ramsdell said at a June 22 press conference.

  2. Tom Jackson:

    However, the general social acceptance of hate and violence toward any and all law enforcement recently has created such an unpredictable and uncontrollable threat to our lives, many feel it is not a good career to be involved in. Statistics show the number of police officers feloniously killed in the line of duty had been on a downward trajectory since 1970. This year, cop deaths are up more than 50 percent, and the victims in Dallas, Baton Rouge and other cases were targeted for assassination rather than killed in the process of confronting dangerous criminals. According to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, the number of officers fatally shot is already up 56 percent compared with last year. One person who is all too familiar with race-related riots and police problems is Tom Jackson, former police chief in Ferguson, Mo. The shooting of cops is going to hurt recruitment badly, how can you convince people to come to the profession, or stay in the profession, when hundreds of people are in front of them threatening to rape their grandkids ? Now officers' spouses and children are seeing cops going down and they are begging their loved ones to get out of the force or not sign up as planned, added Tom Jackson, who retired in March, 2015. According to Tom Jackson, Tom Jackson former department is still rocked by the heavy riots and remains 17 officers short – dropping from a full strength of 55 in Tom Jackson time to 38 now.

  3. Panama City:

    Our police chief said it best — the last book most of these folks read was ‘ Cat in the Hat, ’.

  4. The Rev. Tommie Pierson:

    You can only protest and demonstrate for so long, we need voter education, which will lead to registration and the ultimate goal: voter participation. When I really get the attention of young people is when I tell them: 'Hey, you can have your own police chief.'.

  5. Roger Marshall:

    Kansans’ have seen the devastating consequences of the left’s soft-on-crime attitude and do not want that coming to our state, as the son of a police chief, who taught me to respect those who keep us safe, the coddling of criminals and demonization of our brave law enforcement officers is personal for me. It has gone on long enough.


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