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		Definition of chief constable in English: chief constablenoun British The head of the police force of a county or other region.  Example sentencesExamples -  Meanwhile, the chief constable's vision for community policing across the county was given a warm welcome by forum members.
 -  The list of delegates included council chief executives, health officials, police chief constables and minority group leaders.
 -  Copies of the study are now in the hands of all chief constables in Scotland, the Police College and the Scottish Police Federation.
 -  I would love there to be more traffic police, but chief constables have to work within their budgets.
 -  Residence is therefore a matter which goes to the jurisdiction of a particular chief constable in the exercise of his statutory powers.
 -  And if chief constables are given greater flexibility, we may well see police staff numbers grow at the expense of police officer numbers.
 -  It must hold the chief constable and police service publicly to account.
 -  So he proposes to devolve most policing issues to newly elected local police authorities, with the independence of chief constables enshrined in statute.
 -  Senior councillors, residents and police officers have welcomed the chief constable's statement.
 -  Neighbors soon learned that reporting policemen to their chief constables for unseemly conduct was an effective way to force police families to change their behavior or move.
 -  A police magazine has been recalled after the chief constable said a cartoon on the front was offensive.
 -  Ministers also announced that foreign policemen would be able to become chief constables for the first time.
 -  A chief constable would sack a police officer for breaking the law.
 -  A spokeswoman for Humberside police said the chief constable was in his office today in full uniform.
 -  Damages are paid out of the police fund, not by the chief constable personally.
 -  The local police authority battled to keep the chief constable in office until the last possible moment.
 -  The responsibility for taking executive action on the intelligence remained with the Special Branch and the chief constables under the authority of the home secretary.
 -  Scottish chief constables could take the initiative in their regions and could do that if they wanted to.
 -  The service was supported by all police staff associations in the UK with chief constables and police authority members in attendance.
 -  Yesterday, the chief constable and the police authority issued a joint statement in a fresh bid to quell the outcry.
 
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