watch commander
Shift's senior officer
A watch commander is the officer in charge of a police station or military unit during a particular shift.
The term comes from the nautical sense of watch—a period of duty aboard ship.
The watch commander oversees operations, assigns personnel, and handles decisions that arise during their hours: The watch commander approved the overtime request.
- duty officerStaff member currently responsible
- sergeantMid-level military rank
- precinctAdministrative jurisdiction zone
- stationFixed stopping point
- night shiftOvernight work period
graveyard shift · tour of duty · patrol · dispatcher · rank · badge · uniform · squad room · desk sergeant · roll call · briefing · daily log · squad · beat · radio · incident · crime scene · authority
- policeofficer, cop, officers, patrol, cops
- law enforcementFBI, police station, patrolmen, police officer, cop
- Lawmensheriff, constable, marshal, deputy, lawman
- Police Rankschief of police, police chief, police commissioner, sheriff, deputy chief
- supervisorssupervisor, foreman, overseer, superintendent, boss
- prison staffprison guard, correctional officer, corrections officer, guard, warden
watch commanderbeat cop
Officer assigned regular route
patrol officer · rookie cop · subordinate · rookie · enlisted personnel
watch commanderfield officer
Mid-level military commander
first responder · patrolman · beat cop · beat officer · patrol officer
watch, commander, watches, watched, watching, watcher, watchers, watchful, watchfully