Quoc: In the United Kingdom, smaller police stations usually have more uniformed officers than CID officers, typically five DCs with a detective sergeant (DS) in overall command. In larger stations many DCs, DSs and detective inspectors are present under the overall responsibility of a detective chief inspector.

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To answer the above question, the relevant sentence is: In the United Kingdom, smaller police stations usually have more uniformed officers than CID officers, typically five DCs with a detective sergeant (DS) in overall command. The answer is a detective sergeant.