Current Organisation
In 2000, the system changed again, with policing restructured around the Boroughs and the Areas being abolished. The six Assistant Commissioners were reduced to four again. With the creation of the Specialist Crime Directorate under its own Assistant Commissioner in 2002, there were five Assistant Commissioners, although this was once again reduced to four in 2008. In 2011 the number was briefly increased to five again, then reduced to four once more.
The Assistant Commissioners are considered to hold equal rank to the Chief Constables of other British police forces and wear the same rank insignia: a crown over crossed tipstaves in a wreath.
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