Police lieutenant vs chief of police

Differences between police lieutenant and chief of police duties and responsibilities

Police lieutenant example responsibilities.

• Orchestrate the day to day demands, managing deficiencies/opportunities and prioritization of unit operations throughout specific target areas within NYC.
• Direct members of firefighting crews in the care and maintenance of firefighting apparatus and equipment, assign and review their work.
• Supervise assigned uniform personnel through coordination of roll calls, schedules and daily patrol assignments.
• Supervise shift and departmental operations; monitor and evaluate subordinates work, review reports and direct patrol and investigative operations.
• Orchestrate the day to day demands, managing deficiencies/opportunities and prioritization of unit operations throughout specific target areas within NYC.
• Arrange quarterly Compstat, take complaint reports (CRs), handle special attentions and conduct roll call training.

Chief of police example responsibilities.

• Lead, train and mentore a team of 11 senior logistics and business consultants.
• Plan, manage, develop, implement and revise the training FTO program, as needed.
• Enable senior leadership to accomplish combat objectives.
• Provide first aid and CPR to victims as necessary.
• Investigate burglary and theft crimes with extensive attention to details.
• Investigate state and federal narcotics violations on a DEA lead strike-force team.
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