Inspector
[1][2][3] In the French National Police, inspecteur is a former rank of members of the Command and Management Corps.
In the French customs, inspecteur is the first rank of members of the Command and Management Corps.
It is the lowest and therefore the entry rank of the gehobener Dienst (upper service) requiring a degree from a three-year administrative college.
In earlier times the upper service track was called Inspektorenlaufbahn (inspectors service track) ranging from Inspektor, Oberinspektor (senior inspector), Amtmann, Amtsrat to Oberamtsrat (senior supervisor).
Several of the HKP's past and current commissioner of chiefs joined the force as a probationary inspector.
Inspectors oversee investigations and co-ordinate law enforcement operations in their respective jurisdictions, and may also head special units.
A fifth position, called Ispettore Superiore S.U.P.S., where the acronym stands for Sostituto Ufficiale di Pubblica Sicurezza (special inspector – substitute public safety commissioned officer), is used to designate those inspectors which can act as substitutes for commissioners in the chain of command under certain situations, or in police detachments that are too small to require the presence of a commissioner; when this happens, the officer is named Ispettore Superiore – Sostituto Commissario (special inspector – substitute commissioner).
The inspector ranks are the highest that an Italian police officer can reach without having a university degree.
Inspectors are recruited differently from normal police constables, requiring at least a degree, and their training is longer.
Plainclothes detective inspectors are equal in rank to their uniformed counterparts, the prefix "detective" identifying them as having been trained in criminal investigation and being part of or attached to their force's Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
The epaulettes of uniformed inspectors, unlike those of constables and sergeants, do not show a divisional or personal identification number.
Instead they feature Order of the Bath stars, informally known as "pips", being the same insignia as those of a lieutenant in the British Army.
[7] In the United States, the term inspector can have very different meanings depending on the law enforcement agency.
In the New York City Police Department, a deputy inspector is one grade above captain, wearing the insignia of a military major, and an inspector is another grade higher, wearing the insignia of a military colonel.
Inspector is more rarely used as a rank that is one grade above captain, such as in the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia.
In the San Francisco Police Department, inspector is the normal title for a detective.
New York State Police staff inspectors are senior commissioned officers holding the rank above major and below lieutenant colonel.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation's Division of Motor Vehicles License and Theft Bureau uses the title of inspector for its sworn state law enforcement agents/investigators.
The inspectors of this agency investigate motor vehicle theft, title and odometer frauds, state issued identification and driver's license frauds, as well as regulate and inspect motor vehicle dealerships, repair shops, tow and storage facilities, and emissions and safety inspection centers.
The NC DMV License and Theft Bureau is the state's oldest law enforcement agency and was formed in 1921 to combat vehicle theft with the rising sales of Ford's Model T. The agency has kept the title designation of inspector for traditional purposes.
In the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), an inspector is a special agent whose main duty is inspecting local field offices and resident agencies to make sure they are operating efficiently.
Since FBI inspectors are not tied to any particular field office, they have, in the past, also been used as troubleshooting investigators on major cases.
The United States Marshals Service and the Drug Enforcement Administration employ similar positions, but they primarily serve as internal affairs investigators.
These employees inspected and processed people and merchandise entering the United States from foreign countries, at a land border, seaport or airport.
The duty it act is based on the adopted building or fire code in the municipality.
