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POLICE CHIEF EXECUTIVE [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Police
DEF

A person who plans, directs and coordinates the police operations of a division or district and, through subordinates, the activities of branches, sections, detachments and units of a police force under his or her supervision.

OBS

Police departments vary so widely in their structural organization that it is virtually impossible to standardize the terminology of titles and ranks. However, the above terms, especially "chief of police," are in reasonably wide use throughout the country.

OBS

chief of police; police chief: terms and definition standardized by the Canadian Capability-Based Planning Terminology Committee and the Translation Bureau.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Police
DEF

Personne qui planifie, dirige et coordonne les opérations policières d'une division ou d'un district et, par l'entremise de subalternes, les activités de bureaux de quartier, de sections, de détachements et d'unités d'un corps de police qui est sous sa responsabilité.

OBS

[Le service de police] se compose d'un directeur ou chef de police, d'officiers et de policiers nommés par le conseil. Étant donné les différences d'organisation au sein des services de police, les équivalences de grade ne peuvent être qu'approximatives (surtout dans les polices étrangères). Ainsi, un même grade peut traduire des attributions différentes selon le service.

OBS

chef de police; directeur de police; directrice de police : termes et définition normalisés par le Comité de terminologie de la planification axée sur les capacités au Canada et le Bureau de la traduction.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Policía
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