duty officer
Watch station personnel
A duty officer is the person who is in charge of a particular activity or location for the day or for some other period.
A duty officer may be in charge of a police precinct, a military barracks, or a hospital.
The duty officer is typically the one who can answer questions and make decisions in the absence of the regular officer in charge.
- watch commanderOfficer heading a shift
- chain of commandFormal authority hierarchy
- desk sergeantOfficer handling station arrivals
- precinct captainLocal electoral district leader
- dispatcherOne who allocates resources
radio dispatch · front desk · quartermaster · command post · guardhouse · security checkpoint · director · briefing room · squad room · logbook · incident report · sally port · watchdog · state security · crisis management · peacekeeping · community policing · emergency protocols
- policecop, patrol, cops, police departments, detective
- law enforcementFBI, police station, patrolmen, cop, beat cops
- Lawmensheriff, constable, marshal, deputy, lawman
- military officerscolonel, general, major, admirals, field marshals
- Russian Policemilitia, national guard, secret police, riot police, police station
- UK Policebobby, constable, sergeant, inspector, detective
duty officercommanding officer
Military leader of unit
station chief · base commander · department head · executive officer · unit commander
duty, officer, duties, dutiful, dutifully, dutifulness, officers, office, offices