Deputy assistant commissioner

It is equivalent to deputy chief constable in other British police forces and wears the same insignia: a pip above crossed tipstaves within a wreath.

[1] Deputy assistant commissioners were always warranted constables, as opposed to the higher ranks who were instead sworn as magistrates.

Senior commanders were in the meantime sometimes given the designation "deputy to assistant commissioner".

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

[1] All the deputy assistant commissioners initially held senior staff jobs at Scotland Yard.