Wiktionary
police chief
n. The head or leader of a police department or constabulary of a local government.
WordNet
police chief
n. a policeman in charge of a precinct [syn: captain, police captain]
Usage examples of "police chief".
Boulder police chief Thomas Koby called detective commander John Eller and told him his help was urgently needed.
He said to Prentice: ``It's from that heel of a police chief down at Colton.
Instead, the diminutive police chief pointedly tapped the face of his watch with the fingers of his right hand.
The police chief and his wife were there, as was the president of the bank.