Inspector Wexford man. He has a placid wife, Dora, and two daughters, Sheila and Sylvia. He has a good relationship with Sheila (his favourite) but a difficult relationship with Sylvia (who feels slighted though he has never actually intended to slight her). He also has a strong friendship with DI Mike Burden. The Wexford series of novels are set in "Kingsmarkham", a fictional town in Sussex. Kingsmarkham has been reported as "inspired by Midhurst in West Sussex". Inspector Wexford Chief Inspector Reginald "Reg" Wexford is a recurring character in a series of detective novels by English crime writer Ruth Rendell. He made
Inspector title. In the police departments of Hayward, California, Oklahoma City and formerly in Berkeley, California, inspector is the rank held by a senior detective. In the San Francisco Police Department, inspector was the normal title for a detective. Unlike detectives in most other departments, inspectors in San Francisco always had supervisory duties. The investigative branch of the SFPD was called the Bureau of Inspectors, since renamed the Investigations Bureau. In the Wisconsin State Patrol, and others, inspectors are state troopers assigned to the motor carrier safety inspection unit where they enforce trucking laws and regulations. The North Carolina Department of