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Assistant commissioner (ACP) is a rank used in various police forces, including those of Australia, India, and London.
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Assistant commissioner (ACP) is a rank used in various police forces, including those of Australia, India, and London.
The rank of assistant commissioner is a used in many police forces around the globe. Assistant commissioner is the assistant of commissioner of police. ACP rank is lower than Deputy commissioner (DCP), Commissioner (CP), Director general (DGP), Additional Deputy commissioner (ADCP), and Assistant Director general (ADGP). ACP is known also known as Deputy superintendent of police or DSP in non metro cities.
In all Australian police forces, assistant commissioner is the rank below deputy commissioner but senior to the rank of commander (South Australia Police, Victoria Police), senior to the rank of superintendent (Western Australia Police and NSW Police Force) and senior to the rank of chief superintendent (Queensland Police Service). In all services, the insignia consists of crossed and wreathed tipstaves; as a rank, it is roughly equivalent to that of a brigadier or major-general in the army.
In Bangladesh, Assistant Commissioner is the entry level post for some of the cadre services. It is a Grade-9 post. Entry level cadre officers of Police service, posted in metropolitan areas, are known as Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP).
The rank of assistant commissioner is used by one police agency: Royal Canadian Mounted Police has 26 officers with the rank and is the third highest rank in the command structure of the force.
Hong Kong Police Force have two ranks for assistant commissioner:
In India, senior officers of the rank of assistant superintendent/assistant commissioner of police or above may belong to the national Indian Police Service or state police services, whereas Indian inspectors and constables belong to the individual provincial police forces.
In Papua New Guinea, assistant commissioner is the rank between chief superintendent and deputy commissioner.
In the Garda Síochána , the Republic of Ireland's national police force, the rank of assistant commissioner is between chief superintendent and deputy commissioner.
In the New Zealand Police, the rank of assistant commissioner is junior to the rank of deputy commissioner and is senior to the rank of superintendent. assistant commissioner is the top rank that can be achieved by a sworn member other than by statutory appointment. There are currently five assistant commissioners with separate areas of responsibility.
Staff Department heads or Directors of the Singapore Police Force are led by Assistant Commissioners.
Assistant commissioner of police of the metropolis (AC) is the third highest rank in the London Metropolitan Police, ranking between deputy assistant commissioner and deputy commissioner of police of the metropolis. The assistant commissioner is also the second-in-command of the City of London Police, ranking between commander and commissioner. The rank is not used in other British police forces, but is equivalent to chief constable.[ citation needed ]
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