chief of police

noun phrase

: the head of the police department

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The ballot measure also requires the chief of police and the city manager to submit quarterly reports on the decriminalization of cannabis to the city council, including information on any arrests or citations issued for marijuana possession. A.j. Herrington, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024 To fall afoul of the king can be swiftly lethal, and the king has spies everywhere, overseen by his utterly sinister chief of police, Reynie. Samuel Ashworth, Washington Post, 24 July 2024 Citing phone records, prosecutors said McKinney II called a friend of his, Randy Woods, who was the chief of police in nearby Prestonsburg at the time. Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 26 Oct. 2024 The most horrible part of all of this was the chief of police at that moment was also my former high school classmate. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for chief of police 

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“Chief of police.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chief%20of%20police. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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