Director general is a senior rank in police forces used.
The rank was officially called: Director general of public security (Generaldirektor für die öffentliche Sicherheit)[1] In the hierarchy of Québec Provincial Police, the director general (Directeur general) is the highest, and above of Associate director (Directeur adjoint).
Directors general head various state police forces, union territory police forces, central armed police forces, and central investigative and intelligence agencies in India.
[4] The director general (Directeur général) is the highest Luxembourg's Grand Ducal Police, and it is above (DGs) assistant director general (Directeur général adjoint).
In the Philippines, the Philippine National Police formerly used the rank as the highest rank, as defined [4] in Republic Act 6975 or Department of Interior and Local Government Act.