Chief Constable of the British Columbia Provincial Police

The Chief Constable of the British Columbia Provincial Police (CC-BCPP) is the highest-ranking commissioned constable of the British Columbia Provincial Police (BCPP), the primary and largest law enforcement agency in British Columbia (BC), one of the 13 provinces of the Canadian Republic. The Chief Constable of the BCPP is responsible to the Attorney General of British Columbia via the British Columbia Police and Crime Commissioner; the Attorney General appoints the BCPP Chief Constable on advice of the Police and Crime Commissioner.

The Chief Constable of the Lower Mainland Constabulary is the highest-ranking office within the Lower Mainland Constabulary (LMC), the county constabulary of the ceremonial county of the Lower Mainland, the largest metropolitan area in the Canadian province of British Columbia (BC). The Lower Mainland Constabulary is the single largest territorial police force in BC, responsible for a jurisdiction home to 6.68 million people.

In addition to the Chief Constable's role as executive of all sworn officers (constables) of the LMC, the Chief Constable runs an executive office overseen by a chief of staff, with units ranging from media and legal liaison to liaison with the Crown prosecution, as well as other liaison offices, to the Crime Audit Office and the Lower Mainland Constabulary Pipe Band.

As much of the Chief Constable's work hours involve a balance with political appointments, such as meeting with the Lower Mainland Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) and other officials, and handling the various responsibilities of his executive office via his Chief of Staff, the Chief Constable appoints a single Deputy Chief Constable to handle much of the routine communications chain-of-command; the Deputy Chief Constable is responsible for regularly consulting with the Chief Constable, to ensure the Chief Constable's directives are punctually and accurately being delivered to the Assistant Chief Constables via the Deputy Chief Constable.

It is generally tradition for a retiring Chief Constable to be succeeded by his/her former Deputy Chief Constable, although the actual decision of who is promoted/hired as Chief Constable is vested in the PCC, the executive manager of the Lower Mainland Police Board, the LMC's official employer and civilian oversight committee.