Bogo: Well, I
feel it's rather straight forward in terms of simplicity, but most
civilians have a hard time grappling exactly what each rank means.
First and foremost, you have your officers. At some stations in other
cities there is a rank below this called a police technician, who
handles traffic violations and things of that nature. However, in
Zootopia we've simply lumped the role over onto the officers as well
to simplify the structure.
Then you have a
corporal, which admittedly is just our designation for an officer
chosen to be in charge of a small team of officers or special units.
Essentially it's a role differed to the head officer working on a
case with multiple officers.
Then we have
our Sergeants, which are sort of out internal officers. They help
interpret ordinances, train other officers, and handle internal
complaints.
After that you
have Lieutenant's, like Hopps. Aside from handling general officer
duties, they also play the role of civic ambassadors. Think going to
schools to talk to calf's, civic meetings and the like. They play a
bigger role in the overall community and image of the ZPD. But they
also help in taking broad direction from their superior officers and
creating a plan of action around them to disseminate to the lower
ranking officers.
Our Police
Captains are another largely internal department, largely revolving
around budgetary and department policy work. Depending on your
outlook on paperwork, this could be considered to be a fairly
undesirable condition.
After that,
depending on the department, you can either run up to the Deputy
Chief of Police, or just the Chief. It largely depends on the size of
the department or need. Here in District one, it may surprise you to
find that we don't actually have a deputy police chief.
Nick:
*Whispers* Because no one can stand working directly under old
buffalo butt for more than five minutes.
Bogo: What was
that Wilde?!
Nick: Nothing
Sir, please continue with this fascinating educational lecture.
Bogo:
*Grumbling* Basically a deputy would be subordinate to me. They
largely perform the same duties I would, and act as a back up or
second in command should the Chief be in disposed. As for my role as
police chief, I largely oversee everything here at District one. I
make the call on what law enforcement programs to implement, I dole
out cases, and study existing cases to try to discover patterns if
there are indeed any. Chief of police is a role doled out by elected
official generally, which in this case would be 'The Police
Commissioner”, who oversees all of Zootopia's departments. As for
roles like 'Sheriff', in Zootopia the role is seen as equal to that
of chief....although why the North Meadowlands and Alpine Glade holds
steadfast to the rural nomenclature I haven't the foggiest.
