"Portrait of Frederick Goodie, the First Chief of Leicester City Police Station"
And what about John Redman of Newport? He was even less than Goodie; upon leaving Scotland Yard, his rank was merely that of Chief of Police. However, for a small town like Newport, having a Chief of Police serve as the Police Chief was indeed sufficient, considering that Newport Police Department had only two patrol districts and merely 14 officers on duty.
As for the Bristol's Joseph Bishop, this Police Chief overseeing 232 Bristol officers had similar qualifications to Arthur; he was promoted to Police Superintendent in the same year as Arthur, both possessing extensive precinct management experience, fully capable of handling public security management in cities with populations of over a hundred thousand.
