Editing Lieutenant (section)

===Police rank===
{{Main|Police rank}}

====France and the French Union====
The first French Lieutenant of Police, [[Gabriel Nicolas de la Reynie]], was appointed in Paris by Louis XIV on 15 March 1667 to command a reformed police force. He was later elevated to [[Prefecture of Police|Lieutenant-General of Police]]. In the 17th century, the term "lieutenant" corresponded to "deputy" (i.e. a person appointed to carry out a task). La Reynie was the deputy for policing duties of the Provost of Paris, the ceremonial representative of the King in Paris. In 1995, the rank of ''lieutenant'' was introduced in the [[National Police (France)|National Police]] as the first rank of the police officers scale.

====United Kingdom and Commonwealth police forces====
The rank of Lieutenant was formerly used in areas outside of the Metropolitan Police. The adoption of standardized ranks across the United Kingdom has eliminated its use. A number of city and burgh police forces in [[Scotland]] used the rank of lieutenant (and detective lieutenant) between inspector and superintendent from 1812 to 1948. It was replaced by the rank of [[chief inspector]].<ref>Report of the Committee of Inquiry on the Police, 1978</ref> The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary (founded 1871) had the rank of lieutenant between staff sergeant and inspector until 1997. In Australia, Queensland's first police force (founded 1864) had second lieutenants and lieutenants between the ranks of sergeant and inspector-general.

====United States police forces====
The rank of police lieutenant is used in most medium or large police departments in the United States, where it is one rank above sergeant and two ranks above a regular police officer (three in departments with a corporal rank). It is roughly equivalent to an [[inspector]] in the British and Canadian police forces. The usual role of a lieutenant is to carry out administrative duties and assist precinct commanders (normally a captain, or sometimes the local police chiefs). In smaller police departments, they may command a precinct itself. Lieutenants either command a watch (8-hour "shift") of regular officers or a special unit for operations or investigations (like a Robbery-Homicide squad). The typical rank insignia for a lieutenant is a single silver bar (like that of an Army or Marine Corps First Lieutenant) or a single gold bar (like that of an Army or Marine Corps Second Lieutenant). Some police departments split the rank of lieutenant into two separate grades.

====Other nations====
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File:Insignia PM O5.PNG|1st Lieutenant<br />([[Military Police (Brazil)]])
File:Insignia PM O6.PNG|2nd Lieutenant<br />([[Military Police (Brazil)]])
File:PNP PI.png|Police Lieutenant<br />([[Philippine National Police]])
File:Portugal NRG OF-1b.svg|{{lang|es|Tenente}}<br />([[National Republican Guard (Portugal)|Portuguese National Republican Guard]])
File:Spain-Civil Guard-OF-1b.svg|{{lang|es|Teniente}}<br />([[Civil Guard (Spain)|Spanish Civil Guard]])
File:Ukrainian police shoulder mark 06.svg|Police Lieutenant<br />([[National Police of Ukraine]])
File:US-O2 insignia.svg|US Police 1st Lieutenant<br />([[Police ranks of the United States]])
File:US-O1 insignia.svg|US Police 2nd Lieutenant<br />([[Police ranks of the United States]])
File:Russia-Police-OF-1b-2013.svg|{{lang|ru|Лейтенант полиции}} ({{lang|ru-latn|Leytenant politsii}})<br />([[Police of Russia]])
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