Inspector general
[1] The Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force conducts internal reviews of administrative action, investigates Service Police professional standards breaches and other significant incidents including Service deaths, and reviews and audits the operation of the military justice system independently of the chain of command.
The current inspector general of police is Dr. Benazir Ahmed, and his predecessor was Dr. Javed Patwary.
Colombia's inspector general is a unique post with broad powers to investigate government malfeasance and to bar public officials from running for office.
Most ministries have their own inspectorates general, including for instance: The inspection générale des Finances is particularly prestigious as a job appointment after studies at the École Nationale d'Administration.
In recent decades, many of its members have occupied various high positions in lieu of their traditional mission of inspection.
As professional head of the Armed Forces, his position is broadly equivalent to that of the British Chief of the Defence Staff.
Inspectors general in Central Armed Police Forces (BSF, CISF, CRPF, SSB, ITBP) are either Indian Police Service (IPS) officers or directly appointed gazetted officers (DAGOs), who are directly appointed Assistant Commandants (through UPSC entrance test from the year 2005 onwards).
The army's inspector general (generalinspektøren for hæren—GIH) is the immediate superior of the commanding officer of special forces FSK.
The office of General Inspector of the Armed Forces existed in the Second Polish Republic and was held by, among others, Józef Piłsudski.
The rank of General inspector was also used by the Royal Romanian Air Force during World War II.
The commanding officers of the Royal Irish Constabulary (and later of the Royal Ulster Constabulary until replaced by chief constable) and many Commonwealth police forces also bore the title of inspector general of police and it is still used in India and some other former British territories.
Inspector and variants of it are rank titles of officers in the police of Britain and most Commonwealth countries.
In the United States, an inspector general leads an organization charged with examining the actions of a government agency, military organization, or military contractor as a general auditor of their operations to ensure they are operating in compliance with generally established policies of the government, to audit the effectiveness of security procedures, or to discover the possibility of misconduct, waste, fraud, theft, or certain types of criminal activity by individuals or groups related to the agency's operation, usually involving some misuse of the organization's funds or credit.
