Talk:Police commissioner

Where's the Chief?!
In the US, Police commissioner is pretty much limited to a few big cities. Every town I've ever heard of -- and most cities as well -- use "Police Chief" or "Chief of Police".

If I had to guess, there might be about a dozen jurisdictions where "Commissioner" is used. NYC, Chicago, L.A., etc. -- BIG places.

Without looking up every last one, I would venture that a lot of secondary cities (Detroit, Miami, Phoenix, Denver, etc.) use "Chief" as well.

The article is misleading as currently worded.

66.105.218.29 (talk) 23:08, 4 August 2011 (UTC)


 * This article is about police commissioners, not American police titles. There is a world outside the USA, in case you have not noticed.122.59.73.31 (talk) 09:57, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Detroit is in the USA. The Detroit Board of Police Commissioners is an oversight body and the Chief is the top cop.--Panther999 (talk) 18:54, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

UK commissioners
Police commissioners were often ex-Army, but to refer to a "previous practice of appointing former British Army officers" suggests the source was automatic. It certainly was not.122.59.73.31 (talk) 09:58, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

German Kommissar
In most of the german states (Bundesländer) the Kommissar is the lowest rank of police officers, as there is no longer a Sergeant-like police rank. They study for 3 years at an administration college and end with a B.A. 80.136.128.66 (talk) 09:47, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

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