Editing Chief constable (section)

{{Short description|Police officer rank in the United Kingdom}}
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'''Chief Constable''' is the [[Police ranks of the United Kingdom|rank]] used by the [[chief police officer]] of every [[List of police forces of the United Kingdom|territorial police force in the United Kingdom]] except for the [[City of London Police]] and the [[Metropolitan Police]], as well as the chief officers of the three 'special' national police forces, the [[British Transport Police]], [[Ministry of Defence Police]], and [[Civil Nuclear Constabulary]]. The title is also held by the chief officers of the principal [[Crown Dependency]] police forces (the [[Isle of Man Constabulary]], [[States of Guernsey Police Service]], and [[States of Jersey Police]]) and the [[Sovereign Base Areas Police]] in Cyprus. The title was also held, ''ex officio'', by the president of the [[Association of Chief Police Officers]] under the [[Police Reform Act 2002]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?LegType=all+primary&PageNumber=11&NavFrom=2&parentActiveTextDocId=112639&ActiveTextDocId=112766&filesize=774 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805225723/http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?LegType=all+primary&PageNumber=11&NavFrom=2&parentActiveTextDocId=112639&ActiveTextDocId=112766&filesize=774 |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 August 2012 |title=President of ACPO |work=Police Reform Act 2002 }}</ref> It was also the title of the chief officer of the [[Royal Parks Constabulary]] until this agency was disbanded in 2004.

Throughout the United Kingdom and Crown Dependencies there are currently fifty chief constables. These consist of the chief officers of 37 English territorial forces outside London, four Welsh territorial forces, the Police Service of Scotland, the [[Police Service of Northern Ireland]], three special national forces and three Crown Dependency constabularies.

The chief officers of some police departments in Canada also hold the title of chief constable.