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Scotland yard lieutenant... Has there ever been such a UK police rank?
by account-5 2y ago
Scotland yard lieutenant... Has there ever been such a UK police rank?
- k1t 2y agoAccording to Wikipedia, no. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_ranks_of_the_United_Kingdom https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_ranks_of_the_United_K... There were ranks of Lieutenant and Detective Lieutenant, but only in Scotland and only until about 1950.
- pndy 2y agoI'd guess that Lem used lieutenant rank from citizens' militia (which was back then the police force in Polish People's Republic), not knowing about rank changes in the UK - it was replaced by chief inspector as you linked. goodreads.com uses "Lt. Gregory" in book summary so it's not a translation issue. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_inspector#United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_inspector#United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant#United_Kingdom_and_Commonwealth_police_forces https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant#United_Kingdom_and_...
- account-5 2y agoBut the rank doesn't appear to have ever been used in Scotland yard or the MET, which might have lead to why it was used incorrectly.
- fuzztester 2y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland_Yard https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland_Yard