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I read this entire article, and I still don't understand what a superintendent does, which is annoying since that's why I came here. Is a superintendent administrative or on the front line? If so, in what way is that different from an Inspector? Is it different? I don't know. If at all possible, please find someone who can provide more information. 2001:44B8:218A:D00:AC99:79E7:9F3:25F8 (talk) 19:43, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Confusion about history

I think the following paragraphs in the history section are contradictory, or at least confusing:

In 1949, Metropolitan Police superintendents were regraded to the new rank of chief superintendent, chief inspectors were regraded to superintendent, and sub-divisional inspectors and divisional detective inspectors were regraded to chief inspector (with those ranks being abolished).
In September 1953, there was another change, when the rank was split into superintendent grade I (current superintendents, chief inspectors commanding sub-divisions and detective chief inspectors commanding divisional CIDs) and superintendent grade II (other current chief inspectors), with a new rank of chief inspector being created for senior inspectors.

How can chief inspector be a new rank in 1953 when people already had been regraded to chief inspector in 1949? Bever (talk) 00:11, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It's not contradictory, but I can see how it might be confusing. The rank of chief inspector was first introduced in 1868 and was redefined in 1949 and 1953. I've amended the text slightly. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:09, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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