Editing Inspector (section)

== Italy ==
In the ''[[Polizia di Stato]]'', the position of ''Ispettore'' (inspector) replaced the rank of ''[[Marshal (Italy)|Maresciallo]]'' (marshal) after the 1981 reorganization and [[demilitarization]] of the corps; an ''Ispettore'' is thus a [[sergeant]] of several sorts, above the rank of ''Sovrintendente'' ([[Superintendent (police)|superintendent]], which is somewhat equal to a [[Corporal|senior corporal]]) and under the rank of ''[[Police commissioner|Commissario]]'' (commissioner). There are three four inspector ranks in the ''Polizia di Stato'': ''Vice Ispettore'' (assistant inspector), ''Ispettore'' (inspector), ''Ispettore Capo'' ([[chief inspector]]) and ''Ispettore Superiore'' (special inspector, or superior inspector), roughly equivalent to the ranks ranging from [[junior sergeant]] to [[second lieutenant]]. A fifth position, called ''Ispettore Superiore S.U.P.S.'', where the acronym stands for ''Sostituto Ufficiale di Pubblica Sicurezza'' (special inspector – substitute public safety commissioned officer), is used to designate those inspectors which can act as substitutes for [[Police commissioner|commissioners]] in the [[command hierarchy|chain of command]] under certain situations, or in police detachments that are too small to require the presence of a commissioner; when this happens, the officer is named ''Ispettore Superiore – Sostituto Commissario'' (special inspector – substitute commissioner). Inspectors can serve either in uniformed patrol duties, plainclothed patrol duties, or as detectives. The inspector ranks are the highest that an Italian police officer can reach without having a university degree.