commissioners
Appointed oversight officials
Commissioners are officials appointed or elected to oversee a particular area of government or administration.
A police commissioner heads a police department; county commissioners govern local affairs.
The term applies to members of regulatory bodies like the Federal Communications Commission.
In sports, a commissioner oversees a professional league: The commissioner suspended the player for violating conduct rules.
Flat rigid panel
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
charter · civic · public · municipal · county · district · port authority · zoning
People assigned to positions
- delegatesChosen representatives or assigns
- representativesThose acting for others
- trusteesThose holding assets for others
- stewardsThose who manage affairs
magistrates · adjudicators · overseers · authorities · department heads · political appointees · cabinet members · public servants
Formal accounts examination
- scrutinyClose, careful examination
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
watchdog · compliance · accountability · transparency · review · evaluation · investigation · inquiry
Principles governing behavior
- policiesAdopted courses of action
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- guidelinesSuggested rules for behavior
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
ordinances · provisions · requirements · directives · mandates · bylaws · codes · permits
board
Flat rigid panel
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
mandate · charter · civic · public · municipal · county · district · port authority · zoning · appointees
appointees
People assigned to positions
- delegatesChosen representatives or assigns
- representativesThose acting for others
- trusteesThose holding assets for others
stewards · magistrates · adjudicators · overseers · authorities · department heads · political appointees · cabinet members · public servants · officeholders
audit
Formal accounts examination
- scrutinyClose, careful examination
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
monitoring · watchdog · compliance · accountability · transparency · review · evaluation · investigation · inquiry · subpoena
rules
Principles governing behavior
- policiesAdopted courses of action
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- guidelinesSuggested rules for behavior
enforcement · ordinances · provisions · requirements · directives · mandates · bylaws · codes · permits · licensing
referees
Sports match arbiters
NFL · NBA · NHL · suspensions · fines · rulings · disciplinary · franchise · draft · trade
- authorityleaders, ruler, rulers, monarch, bosses
- Police Historyconstables, Metropolitan Police, night watch, Scotland Yard, sheriffs
- Douglas CountyCastle Rock, Parker, Larkspur, county seat, sheriff department
- governmentgovernment, ministries, legislature, judiciary, executive branch
- policeofficer, cop, officers, patrol, cops
- Pro Sportsteam, teams, league, players, roster
commissionerssubordinates
Those ranked below
underlings · workers · staff · employees · grunts
commissionersconstituents
Parts of a whole
citizens · the public · civilians · laypeople · subjects
- non-commissioned officersEnlisted military supervisors
- police commissionerHead of police department
- health commissionerGovernment medical authority head
- Commissioner Gordon
- commissioned officerFormally appointed military leader
- high commissionerSenior diplomatic representative