I guess Leon Orcot in not as high up on the food chain as I thought

[yellowhorde]

I found some interesting information on the ranking order at th LAPD.

In one story, a woman called Leon a third rate detective in a derogatory manner, so I'm assuming that he was at the lowest rank - Detective I. That makes sense, though, because he is rather young. He said he was eighteen when his mother died giving birth and now Chris is, what? Seven? Eight? I'm too tired/lazy/pressed for time to look it up. Anyway, that makes him twenty-five, maybe twenty-six depending on how their birthdays fall.

I just want to be accurate...



Chief
Assistant Chief - Deputy Chief II
Deputy Chief - Deputy Chief I
Commander
Captain I/Captain II/Captain III
Lieutenant I/Lieutenant II
Detective III
Sergeant II
Detective II
Sergeant I
Detective I
Police Officer III 1/Senior Lead Officer
Police Officer III
Police Officer II
Police Officer I

Comments

[yellowhorde.livejournal.com]

according to the character profile in the manga (I think it was in book 2), Leon is 24 years old.

Good, then I'm not too far off. In book 10 Vesca said that Leon had been investigating D for nearly two years, which would make him roughly 25-26 depending on how far into his 24th year he was when he started.

According to one site I visited, you have to be a police officer with the LAPD for a minimum of four years before you can be promoted to either a detective or sergeant. Detectives are, apparently, more investigative, while Sergeants are more field supervision. I'm not sure about the higher ranks of Detective, but I think you're right - Leon doesn't have the personality to be political and I doubt he’d make serious advancements if diplomacy is necessary.