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Inspector?

posted 8 years ago by Metaljeeper
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Mills calls Dotzler "Inspector", but I was under the impression that, in California, only SFPD detectives were called that.

According to Wikipedia: "In the LAPD, the rank of inspector, one grade above captain, was changed to commander in 1974, because LAPD senior officers preferred the more military-sounding title."

In any case, if Dotzler was indeed an inspector (one grade above captain), would he really be doing such hands-on, in-the-field police work?

Can anyone shed some light on this rank thing?
Thanks.

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[–] TwittingOnTrender 8 years ago

I can't answer that, I'm afraid, but unless my ears deceived me, I'm sure he was referred to as "Sergeant" at the beginning, and "Inspector" as the movie wore on. According to what you say, Inspector isn't even the next rank up from Sergeant! (Though it is here in the UK) I remember thinking that he had a lot of power and responsibility, and an opulent office, for a Sergeant.

He wasn't exactly doing a bang-up job catching Mills and stopping the city being wrecked, so I doubt that he got two promotions in the course of this investigation!

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[–] pfarnell 7 years ago

good pickup...in SFPD, every chump-change gold shield seems to be an 'inspector"..

going back Dirty Harry through 'murder in the First" now...