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Apolice lieutenant is a level 4police rank in some police departments, such as theFrench National Police, theNetherlands Royal Marechaussee, thePhilippine National Police, thePolice of Russia, theNational Police of Ukraine, theEstonian Police and Border Guard Board, thePolice of Armenia, theMilitsiya of the Republic of Belarus, theFederal Police of Germany, theVietnam People's Public Security, theSpain Civil Guard, theRoyal Thai Police, theBuenos Aires Provincial Police, theMossos d'Esquadra, theSûreté du Québec, and variouslaw enforcement agencies in the United States.
France uses the rank oflieutenant for management duties in both uniformed and plain-clothed policing. The rank comes senior tolieutenant intern and junior tocapitaine.
This rank was previously known asinspecteur for plain-clothed officers, andofficier de la paix for officers in uniform.
In the Philippines, the rank of a police lieutenant is equivalent to an inspector based on the originalPhilippine National Police rank under the Republic Act 6975. It has existed since 2019. It was lower than apolice captain.
In theUnited Kingdom, the approximate equivalent rank of a police lieutenant is that ofinspector.
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In most U.S. police departments, the rank of lieutenant is immediately above that ofsergeant. A police lieutenant is often the deputy officer in charge of aprecinct.[1]
In some smaller police departments, a person holding the rank of police lieutenant may be in charge of a division (patrol division, detective division, etc.) within that department.[2] In larger police departments, a police lieutenant may command only one section of a precinct which is commanded by either a police captain, police major, police inspector, or the next highest rank. A police lieutenant is considered senior management in most large urban police departments. Unlike a lieutenant in the military, who is typically a recent inductee, police lieutenants typically have many years of experience in their field prior to attaining the rank.
In theNew York City Police Department, the rank of lieutenant is immediately belowpolice captain. Lieutenants are usually veterans with extensive experience.
In theBoston Police Department, there are ranks of lieutenant and lieutenant detective.