Is the rank of Sargeant higher than detective in the police force?

Question

So how come detective Sipowicz was a detective but took exams to become a sargeant in uniform?

In NYPD Blue!

Dont be dick bcptm - im asking the question as i dont know - that why im asking....youre not very clever are you????!

Answer 1

A Detective in the NYPD does not have any rank standing. A Sgt does outrank a Detective. Television Cop shows would make you believe that Det. are supervising cops but that is not true. However, 1st Grade Det make more money than a Sgt and less than a Lt.

Answer 2

First off, it's spelled Sergeant not Sargeant!

Secondly, no a Sgt is a Sgt and a detective is a detective. In the United Kingdom, officers from CID are considered Detective Constables, these are equivalent in rank to Police Constables (The Uniformed variety!) Let me draw you a picture

(CID = Uniform)

Detective Chief Superintendent = Chief Superintendent
Detective Chief Inspector = Chief Inspector
Detective Inspector = Inspector
Detective Sergeant = Police Sergeant
Detective Constable = Police Constable

They hold the same rank and the same office of constable. A detective constable's equal to a police constable and vice versa etc. A DC cannot just order a PC around because he is a detective nor can they order a Police Sgt around simply because he is of higher rank than he is.

Answer 3

It depends on the department but in most that I have been involved with a SGT is above a Detective unless the Det is also a SGT. Many people because of TV think that Detectives are high ranking people but their rank may not be higher than a patrolman. Its a pay scale. When a Detective comes onto a crime scene he is in charge there but that is because of his assignment and not his rank. Detectives generally do not have to answer to commanders in other sections and again that is because of assignment to investigations and they have a separate chain of command. Many Detectives leave investigations to take rank and that was depicted several times in NYPD Blue and I saw that at LAPD when I worked a case there. Pensions are based on pay scales and pay history and that is what is called hard rank and not soft rank such as an assignment to a Detective Division. There are many more ranking positions within the uniform sections because there are so many more people there to supervise. TV distorts everything so much that people are totally screwed in trying to understand how a PD works.

Answer 4

When I watch movies and see some detective boss some Sgt. around, I laugh at that. In the NYPD, a detective is a lateral rank. They have the same rank as a Police officer. Detectives are generally investigative or they are specialized like ESU. (Emergency Service Unit) Non precinct det. squad detectives are detective specialists, meaning they got that shield based on merit. (Saving the mayors baby, catching a bank robber while wounded, etc) The "grades" of a detective are specialist, 3rd, 2nd, and 1st. (2nd grade makes sgt pay and 1st make lieutenants pay) The grades are merely pay scales.

NYPD detectives make more money, but their benefits are cut and they work wacky hours. It's better to make boss then be a Det. in the NYPD.

Answer 5

In the UK Police the rank system is as follows:
Constable, Sergeant, Inspector, Chief Inspector, Superintendent, Chief Superintendent, Assistant Chief Constable, Chief Constable

The detective ranks are the same but just with the title detective in front of the rank. Detective constable, detective Sergeant etc.

It is a misconception that detective is a higher rank than constable. Not so. It just means that the person has completed their CID training to add the detective title to their rank so it's a higher level of training in a particular area of skill, not a higher rank.

Answer 6

A detective is someone who has applied to be a detective taken courses and sat an exam to be come a detective constable.
A Sergeant is a constable who studied and sat exams to get promoted.
Detective is a specialism. Sergeant is a supervisor.

Sergeant is a higher rank.

Answer 7

Yes it can be because you can have a Detective Constable. He is a Detective, but his rank is only a Covnstable. Then you have a Sergeant Detective. The Detectives above Police Sergeant are Detective Inspector.

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Answer 9

At first, I was thinking that a police man or woman must make sergeant before making detective. Such was true in our department. However, I would like to thank the questioner. This is a very interesting question, as some research shows that ranking differs even within the United States, from place to place. A look at the link to NYPD ranks below shows that detective is the same rank as police officer.

Then again, were some of us failing to consider the questioner did not specify whether she or he was meaning in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. or where? As the following link to ranks in police organization in the U.K. shows, there are differences across national boundaries as well as from state to state, from municipality to municipality in a given country.

Answer 10

Sergeant is a higher rank than detective, as the rank of detective
is the equivalent to a uniformed constable