Senior assistant commissioner is a rank used in the Singapore Police Force and in the New South Wales Police Force of Australia.
Australia
The rank of senior assistant commissioner is only used in the New South Wales Police Force, where it is senior to the rank of
assistant commissionerAssistant commissioner is a rank used in many police forces across the globe. It is also a rank used in revenue administrations in many countries.-Australia:...
and junior to the rank of
deputy commissionerA deputy commissioner is a police or administrative official in many different countries.-Australia:In all Australian police forces, deputy commissioner is the rank directly below that of commissioner and senior to the rank of assistant commissioner except in the New South Wales Police Force, where...
. The rank insignia is crossed and wreathed tipstaves surmounted by a star, equivalent to the rank of major-general in the army.
Singapore
In Singapore, a senior assistant commissioner of Police (
abbreviationAn abbreviation is a shortened form of a word or phrase. Usually, but not always, it consists of a letter or group of letters taken from the word or phrase...
: SAC, Chinese: 高级助理警察总监) is a
police rank- Australia :Generally, all police forces of Australia follow this rank structure with some individual state police forces have ranks differing slightly.Insignia of rank displayed on epaulette in italics and brackets...
of a senior officer in the
Singapore Police ForceThe Singapore Police Force is the main agency tasked with maintaining law and order in the city-state. Formerly known as the Republic of Singapore Police , it has grown from an 11-man organisation to a 38,587 strong force...
above the rank of
assistant commissionerAssistant commissioner is a rank used in many police forces across the globe. It is also a rank used in revenue administrations in many countries.-Australia:...
and below that of a
deputy commissioner of policeThe Deputy Commissioner of Police is the second most senior police rank of a senior officer in the Singapore Police Force above the rank of Senior Assistant Commissioner and below that of the Commissioner of Police...
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Police senior assistant commissioners are responsible for either
headquarter command roles or regional/geographic commands. SAC are head of departments and also referred to as Directors of these departments.