A police officer is a warranted law employee of a police force. In most countries, police officer is a generic term not specifying a particular rank. In some, the use of the rank officer is legally re
Metropolitan Police officers in London
Policemen in Indonesia patrolling the streets in West Sumatra
A Hokkaido Prefectural Police officer conducting a routine inspection in Ashibetsu.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary officers guarding the scene of a traffic collision involving a lorry and a bridge.
A chief of police is an appointed official or an elected one in the chain of command of a police department, particularly in North America. A chief of police may also be known as a police chief or som
Edward Deveau, chief of the Watertown Police Department in Massachusetts, signing a flag aboard the USS Constitution in 2013
Eric Girth, deputy chief of the Hamilton Police Service, saluting in 2012
Tarpon Springs Police Chief Jeffrey Young at Snow Place Like Tarpon Springs, December 2025
District police chief Frans Fagerholm on duty in Sipoo, Finland in 1929