Chief superintendent

Chief superintendent is a senior rank in police forces, especially in those organised on the British model.

It is above senior superintendent and below bureau director and is regarded as the equivalent of brigadier general in the Philippine Army.

It was formerly used by the Philippine National Police.Chief superintendent (Portuguese: superintendente-chefe) is the highest officer rank in the Public Security Police (PSP) of Portugal.

It is senior to the police rank of superintendent, being roughly equivalent to a general officer in the armed forces.

The basic rank insignia of a chief superintendent consists of dark blue epaulets bordered with silver leaves of oak and with two PSP stars (six points silver stars with the SP monogram in the center) in the middle.

The Home Office officially reintroduced the rank of chief superintendent on 1 January 2002, under the terms of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001.

The senior detective and commander of the criminal investigation department in most forces is a detective chief superintendent (DCS or Det Ch Supt) (although in the Metropolitan Police, a DCS may only command a branch of the CID and the head of CID in each district was formerly also a DCS) and the rank of chief superintendent may also be used by the commanders of other headquarters departments.