This template creates a header to be used with succession boxes for people holding posts in civic services.

The template defaults to

Civic offices

if no parameter is given. In the following table, the first column contains the header and the second column shows the template call used to create it.

Civic offices			{{s-civ}}

The format is {{s-civ|parameter}}, where parameter is replaced by one of the parameter names shown in the following table. The first column displays the header and the second column contains the parameter name.

Police appointments			pol
Fire appointments			fir
Medical appointments			med

From the Bernard C. Parks article:

{{s-start}}
{{s-civ|pol}}
{{s-bef|before = [[Bayan Lewis]]}}
{{s-ttl|title = [[LAPD#Chiefs of Police|Chief of LAPD]]
       |years = 1997 – 2002}}
{{s-aft|after = [[Martin H. Pomeroy]]}}
{{s-end}}

Police appointments
Preceded by Bayan Lewis	Chief of LAPD 1997–2002	Succeeded by Martin H. Pomeroy

• Documentation for creating succession boxes can be found at Template:S-start.