Captain
Captain noun - A policeman in charge of a precinct.
Police chief is a synonym for captain. In some cases you can use "Police chief" instead a noun "Captain".
Police chief
Police chief noun - A policeman in charge of a precinct.
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- When the police chief tells the submarine captain that he is under arrest, and the officer translates, the captain laughs, then starts swearing in Russian.
Source: Tactful Translation -
In Island in the Sea of Time, after the wedding of the town police chief and the librarian, we see type three of this trope when a Butch Lesbian coast guard captain sees it flying at her face and grabs it on reflex.
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In Our Man in Havana the local police chief, Captain Segura, is rumored to carry a cigarette case made of human skin.
Source: Genuine Human Hide
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