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posted by [personal profile] panik at 01:08pm on 16/10/2007 under
For a fic I'm working on; I've tried googling but I can't find a simple answer.

In the U.S. police force, what's the next step up for a Captain? If Simon were moving on in the world, what would be the next position he'd be going for?

Thanks. (o:

ETA: Sorted, thanks everyone, for your help!
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posted by [identity profile] janedavitt.livejournal.com at 01:02pm on 16/10/2007
I found this but it all sounds very confusing!

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Careers-Police-1531/Ranks-police-department.htm

We see Simon reporting to the Chief of Police mostly so maybe that's the next step up?
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posted by [identity profile] gillyp.livejournal.com at 01:10pm on 16/10/2007
I think I already looked at that one - I've looked at a lot of sites today and you're right, they are incredibly confusing. It's really just a teeny-tiny bit of the fic so I'm not going to get my knickers in a twist over it - I can leave it out altogether if needs be.

I was just hoping that *somewhere*, there'd be a list or something - simple answer to a simple question, you know? Hey ho...

Thanks for trying to help. (o:
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posted by [identity profile] lmarley.livejournal.com at 01:02pm on 16/10/2007
I myself know nothing about police work, but my Long Ridge colleague Lynda Sandoval was a police officer, and wrote a great and very useful little book about what happens behind the scenes. It's called TRUE BLUE. I don't have my own copy yet, but another writer told me it's a great help in writing about police procedures.
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posted by [identity profile] gillyp.livejournal.com at 01:07pm on 16/10/2007
Thanks for that; though I don't really write much about police procedures, it's something I actually have a real aversion to.
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posted by [identity profile] mashfanficchick.livejournal.com at 01:30pm on 16/10/2007
Do you by any chance belong to the Yahoo! group fanfic_law? Someone there could probably help you. If you don't, I can ask for you; I think I have a few things of my own to ask them anyway.

For now, as much as I HATE wikipedia, its article on NYPD ranks seems to jive pretty well with what I vaguely recall from...hmm, maybe editing an SVU fic? Anyway, I figure that might give you a place to start, at least, so here's that link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NYPD#Ranks_of_the_NYPD

Good luck! :-)
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posted by [identity profile] gillyp.livejournal.com at 03:42pm on 16/10/2007
They have a rank of inspector too - and that's above Captain(?). Interesting.

Deputy Chief seems to be what I'm looking for, though - Just what I was looking for; thanks very much!
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