How to Use chief of police in a Sentence

chief of police

noun phrase
Definition of chief of policenext
  • The next day, he was assigned to the robbery by the chief of police.
    — Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 24 July 2024
  • Fain’s mother was a nurse; his father was the town’s chief of police.
    — Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Mayor Todd Gloria had his own wish list for the next chief of police.
    — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2023
  • Hou was Taiwan’s chief of police, and Lai and Ko are renowned doctors.
    — David Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 10 Jan. 2024
  • How was Drake Sterling selected as the new Carmel chief of police?
    — Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The male was found dead in the driver’s seat with a gunshot wound, according to Chris Burne, deputy chief of police in Romeoville, Illinois.
    — Amy Simonson, CNN, 20 Sep. 2023
  • After the sergeant told her that the case had been closed, Kazan emailed Wayne Township’s chief of police, attaching a screenshot of the man’s comments.
    — Nicole Carr, ProPublica, 29 June 2023
  • One person who has is Karl Jacobson, New Haven’s chief of police.
    — Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Haas was a father and the former chief of police with the Franklin Police Department for nearly 30 years, the release states.
    — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Around the same time, the chief of police and his deputy resigned — according to the Record — because the city hadn’t moved fast enough to discipline the administrator.
    — Kevin Draper, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The upstairs half-round room contains an exhibit on Stephen Bates, Vermont’s first Black sheriff and chief of police.
    — Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
  • Barlow was appointed to chief of police in 2017 by former Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard.
    — Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The novel follows chief of police Ed Kapenash and an impending divorcee named Sharon.
    — Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 28 May 2024
  • Ryan Speakman of the Circleville Police Department, the department's chief of police said in a statement.
    — Errol Barnett, CBS News, 24 July 2023
  • As fate would have it, Francisco's great-grandfather once served as the chief of police in Vinita, Oklahoma.
    — Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 15 Feb. 2024
  • And here is the local chief of police, his face overly lit from a crowd of news cameras, each with its own little spotlight, grimly updating the nation.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The chief of police and one of his officers, however, have a contrary view of the manhunt, believing someone in their own department may be the killer.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Travis Romney resigned as chief of police for Stockton in October 2022.
    — Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 July 2023
  • The property is split in half between the city and the county, which somewhat limits what the city can do at this stage, said Jeff Gibson, Gunter interim city manager and chief of police.
    — Irving Mejia-Hilario, Dallas News, 27 July 2023
  • Residents in Forest Hill angered by the firing of the city’s chief of police expressed frustrations to the city council at its meeting Tuesday night.
    — James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The Dearborn chief of police arrived to urge fervent protesters to remain civil at a Monday board session.
    — Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The film combines footage shot during his father’s house arrest, and videos his father made both of his family and of his time as chief of police of the capital Caracas before he was arrested.
    — Lise Pedersen, Variety, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Reese was named chief of police and director of public safety for the Housing Authority in January.
    — Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Among those appointees: the chief of police, real estate agents, a moonlighting judge and the mayor of Palm Springs; hardly neutral parties in the development of the desert community.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Another member is Duggan’s former deputy mayor and previously worked as the city’s chief of police.
    — Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The commission functions much like a board of directors for a corporation, with the chief of police playing the role of chief executive officer.
    — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Booker served as interim chief of police of Youngtown, Arizona, as the town transitioned to the Sheriff’s Office for law enforcement services.
    — The Arizona Republic, 18 Jan. 2024
  • But Minneapolis’s chief of police, Brian O’Hara, risks getting these lessons wrong.
    — Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
  • Pena’s death caused an outpouring of grief in the local community, including from Hayward’s chief of police, as well as a public call for tips on the suspect’s identity.
    — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 5 June 2024
  • Nicole Mehringer was caught drunk in an unmarked police car with a male subordinate with whom she was romantically involved, her actions drew a rare public rebuke from the chief of police.
    — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2023

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