chief constable

noun

, British.

Speaking to reporters in the United Kingdom, assistant chief constable Chris Shead said they had no regrets.

Stephen White, a former chief constable in Northern Ireland turned EU diplomat in Brussels and Iraq praised the report.

The chief constable then read the statement that the prisoner had made to him.

The chief constable touched a bell, and directed the policeman who answered it to bring in Constable Queensmead.

Will you please take this card to the chief constable and say that I should be glad of the favour of a short interview?

Mr. Cromering would sooner have been the editor of the English Review than the chief constable of Norfolk.

"Very happy to meet you, Mr. Colwyn," said the chief constable, as he came forward with extended hand.

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