Talk:Chief commissioner

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Victoria Police Chief Commissioner[edit]

I wish to comment on this passage in the article:

"Also in the state of Victoria, the head of police force is, unlike all the other states and territories, a 'Chief Commissioner'- as opposed to a 'Commissioner'. Why this is the case, as there are no other commissioners below this rank, is unknown."

I don't think the last statement is really correct, and maybe it should be changed. Victoria Police has a Deputy Commissioner (which position the current, new Chief Commissioner, Simon Overland, held before being promoted); and there are several Assistant Commissioners too, heading various departmemnts within the police force. So these would be other commissioners below the rank of Chief Commissioner, wouldn't they? And they are proper commissioners, aren't they?

However, I don't know quite enough about this to correct the article reliably myself. But if this is true, then the title of Chief Commissioner seems quite appropriate, and not anomalous at all. M.J.E. (talk) 18:07, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]