0 in Britain, the highest or strategic level of a three-level system for organizing the way a police, military, or other operation is controlled, especially in an emergency situation: --
Gold Command works from an operations and control room which is opened for major public occasions and counter-terrorist operations.
Gold command has overall responsibility and authority for the strategy and any tactical parameters that silver or bronze commanders should follow.
A spokeswoman at South Yorkshire's Gold Command flood centre said: "With more rain forecast, the battle is not over."
The training exercise envisages children taken hostage by terrorists, and a number of police chiefs assume the Gold Command - ultimate responsibility for co-ordinating the response.
He is "gold command" for the investigation, overseeing the strategy and direction of investigations.