Police rank

Lists of the ranks of various police agencies and forces all around the world:

Australia

Generally, all police forces of Australia follow this rank structure with some individual state police forces have ranks differing slightly.

Insignia of rank displayed on epaulette in italics and brackets

For an overview of all distinct state and federal rank structures, see Australian police ranks.

Belgium

Bolivia

Brazil

Brazil has several different police forces, each with its own ranks. At a federal level, there are the Federal Police (Portuguese: Polícia Federal, the equivalent to the FBI), the Federal Highway Police (Polícia Rodoviária Federal) and the Federal Railrway Police (Polícia Ferroviária Federal). At a state level, there are the Military Police (Polícia Militar, a gendarmerie type force not to be confused with the military polices of other countries, the Brazilian equivalent of which is the Army Police) and the Civil Police (Polícia Civil). At a city level, there is the Municipal Guard (Guarda Municipal). In terms of staff, the Military Police and the Civil Police are the most important ones, although in terms of headlines and prestige, the Federal Police is the one that concentrates most of the media attention.[1]

The Civil Police is responsible for investigating crimes whilst the Military Police is responsible for preventing them to take place, although it is not rare to see their functions clashing and ever so often they actually have open confronts.

The Civil Police is organized accordingly to functions. Scrivener (escrivão) is the lower rank position responsible for the internal work inside the police premises (e.g., collecting witness statements). Detective (detetive) or investigator (investigador) is the position responsible for actions outside the premises (e.g., investigating the circumstances of a crime). Delegate (delegado, similar to captain in USA) is the senior official (required to have a law degree) responsible for the lower ranks and for coordinating the whole work (investigations) of the Civil Police. The Civil Police also have the assistance of experts (peritos), which are the technical body. The Federal Police follows a very similar structure to the Civil Police, the same case in the Federal Highway and Railway polices.

The ranks listed below are valid for the state military police agencies (such as PMMG, PMESP, PMERJ and others) and are listed, respectively, from higher to lower ranks:

The 2nd class soldier and the cadet are considered to be students in the formation courses and have no street policing duties (except in a very few cases, as probationary tours). Despite closely resembling the rank structure within the Brazilian army, there are no rank of general in the military police forces, as the Military Police is slotted under the Army control in case of war, with its colonels slotting under the Army generals.

Canada

Ranks of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police[2]:

Police Ranks for Provincial (With the exception of the Sûreté du Québec and Alberta Sheriffs) and the majority of Municipal Police Services as follows[3][4][5]:

Police Ranks for the Alberta Sheriffs[6]:

Ranks of the Sûreté du Québec[7]:

Ranks of the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal[8]:

Canadian Auxiliary Police Ranks as follows:

Chile

These are the ranks used by Chilean police services.

POLICIA DE INVESTIGACIONES DE CHILE (PDI)
'Officers

CARABINEROS DE CHILE

Officers

Non-commissioned officers and enlisted

China

Chinese Police Officers under the Ministry of Public Security use rank insignia on both side of shoulders in the duty uniform. Senior officers ranking at Commissioner and Superintendent levels wear these on the white collar uniform, and for Inspector level and below officers wear them on the sky blue collar uniform.

Senior Officers

Mr GUO Sheng-kun, currently Commissioner of Police, Minister of Public Security(since December 2012). Shoulder insignia: national coat of arms fully circled with a pair of olive branch.

Deputy Minister of Public Security, shoulder insignia: national coat of arms partly circled with a pair of olive branch.

Assistant Commissioner of Police is also wearing this rank, SUPT 1st class normally commands a functional bureau (e.g. CID, Immigration, Traffic, Anti-Smuggling) or a province formation, direct report to DCP. Shoulder insignia: three pips with olive leaves.

Normally is second in charge of a functional bureau, or a province formation, or a city police headquarters commander. Shoulder insignia: two pips with olive leaves.

Normally commands police division of a functional bureau, or the head of a police sub-bureau of a city. Shoulder insignia: one pip with olive leaves.

Administrative positions do not exactly tally with ranks among Inspector level and junior officers, admin positions (from PC to Station Commander or even Deputy Chief of a sub-Bureau), are various and flexible, it depends on each individual's qualifications and multiple skills, performance efficiency and effectiveness, years of service, personality and communication ability, potential leadership. Loyal and qualified officers with no misconduct record, are eligible to get rank promotion at every four-year of service (only applicable from Sgt 1st class to Insp 1st class). Which means for example, for a normal PC holding a non-commissioned position during his/her entire police career, with the increasing years of service, the highest rank he/she may attain is either Insp 3rd class (for high school and below qualification holders), or Insp 1st class (for university graduated certificate holders). Alternatively, young officers who are holding university degree(regardless of disciplines and majors), usually after three years of service, once his/her overall performance and ability meet operation needs, recommended by his/her team leader or a higher ccommanding officer, may have chance to get promoted (as sub-unit commander, detective supervisor... ).

Officers at this mid-rank level play very important roles as the "Cornerstone" of the national police force. As most of them have already served quite long years, with accumulated work experiences, no matter standing at commanding or non-commanding position, they are either undertaking major responsibilities in public security or nurturing young officers with self model behaviours and proper instructions.

Junior Officers

Loyal and qualified officers with no misconduct record, are eligible to attain rank promotion at every three-year of service (only applicable from PC 2nd class to Sgt 1st class). Rank does not have any connection with position, it can only shows how many years you have been work for police unit.

The People's Armed Police, as part of the People's Liberation Army, uses the same ranks and uniform as the PLA itself, save for the China Coast Guard which uses navy-style ranks and uniform plus the China Maritime Safety Administration.

Croatia

Regular Police ranks

Special Intervention Police ranks

Cyprus

Title Title in Greek
Chief of Police Αρχηγός
Deputy Chief of Police Υπαρχηγός
Assistant Chief of Police Βοηθός Αρχηγός
Chief Superintendent Ανώτερος Αστυνόμος
Superintendent A' Αστυνόμος Α'
Superintendent B' Αστυνόμος Β'
Chief Inspector Ανώτερος Υπαστυνόμος
Inspector Υπαστυνόμος
Senior Sergeant Αρχιλοχίας
Sergeant Λοχίας
Acting Sergeant
Senior Constable		 Αναπληρωτής Λοχίας
Αρχιαστυφύλακας
Acting Sergeant Αναπληρωτής Λοχίας
Senior Constable Αρχιαστυφύλακας
Constable Αστυφύλακας
Special Constable Ειδικός Αστυφύλακας

Denmark

Main article: Danish police
Danish National Police Rank Insignia
 Denmark (Edit) Insignia
Rank Rigspolitichefen Politidirektør, Vicepolitidirektør, Vicerigspolitichef or Politimester Chefpolitiinspektør or Chefanklager Vicepolitimester, Chefanklager, Politiinspektør or Chefpolitiinspektør Vicepolitiinspektør Politikommissær Politiassistent af 1. grad Politiassistent af 2. grad Politibetjent
EN Rank National Police Commissioner Chief of Police, Chief Inspector, Chief Prosecutor Deputy Chief of Police, Inspector, Chief Inspector Deputy Inspector Commissioner Police Constable First Class Police Constable Policeofficer

Estonia

Finland

France

Main articles: Police nationale and Gendarmerie

Police Nationale

Corps de Conception et de Direction

Corps de Commandement

Corps d'Encadrement et d'Application

Gendarmerie

Office(CO)

Sub-Officers[NCO]

Volunteers (5 years)

Germany

The following ranks are in use by state police forces. Detective Ranks follow the same scheme, replacing the word Polizei with Kriminal, for example a plainclothed detective lieutenant is called Kriminalkommissar. The Federal Police of Germany basically follows the scheme, but deviates in the flag ranks.

Politically appointed

They are comparable to military flag (General) officers, and are appointed by the state Minister of Interior (Senators of Interior in City-States). For federal agencies the federal Minister of Interior is responsible. They are usually specialists in public administration and have a master-level law degree. Since they are outside of the career system, they receive payment according to the B-scale of public officer payment grades.

Higher echelon

Comparable to military staff officers, Major and above. The ranks are available for applicants who completed master level university studies, usually in law. It is possible for officers from the elevated echelon to obtain a master degree from the Deutsche Hochschule der Polizei, so they can enter higher ranks.

Elevated echelon

Comparable to military officers, Lieutenant and above. The ranks are obtained after receiving a bachelor level degree of a state college of public administration. In several states of Germany this is the lowest echelon for service entry, the medium service echelon is being abolished.

Medium echelon

Comparable to military non-commissioned officers. Those ranks are usually obtained during or after two years service in training companies (Ausbildungshundertschaften) of the Bereitschaftspolizei. The ranks are indicated by light blue (with blue uniform) or light green (with green-brown uniform) stars.

There have been lower ranks in use in earlier times, with the abolishment of the basic echelon, they have been out of use since the 1980s. The most well-known of these is Wachtmeister (Constable) which still is considered the standard address for a policeman of unknown rank, even though it may now be considered condescending, given the policeman has a higher rank than mere Wachtmeister.

Pre-commission

Hong Kong

Iceland

Rank Title Icelandic title
1 National Commissioner Ríkislögreglustjóri
2 Deputy National Commissioner Vararíkislögreglustjóri
Police Commissioner Lögreglustjóri
Director of the Police College Skólastjóri Lögregluskóla ríkisins
3 Deputy Commissioner Varalögreglustjóri í Reykjavík
Staðgengill lögreglustjóra
4 Chief Superintendent/Detective Chief Superintendent Yfirlögregluþjónn
5 Superintendent/Detective Superintendent Aðstoðaryfirlögregluþjónn
6 Chief Inspector Aðalvarðstjóri
Detective Chief Inspector Lögreglufulltrúi
7 Inspector Varðstjóri
Detective Inspector Rannsóknarlögreglumaður
8 Brevet Inspector Staðgengill Varðstjóra
9 Policeman/Constable Lögreglumaður
10 Trainee Lögreglunemi
Temporarily Employed Policeman Afleysingamaður í lögreglu
Reservist Héraðslögreglumaður

India

Main Articles : List of Police Ranks in India and Indian Police Service (I.P.S.)

Gazetted officers include all the Indian Police Service officers and all State Police Services officers of and above the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) or Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in State Police and Metropolitan Police forces respectively.

Ranks of Gazetted Officers

Ranks of non-Gazetted Officer

Indonesia

Indonesian Police Ranks:

Worn on: High Ranking officers Middle Ranking officers First Ranking officers
Ceremonial Uniform (PDU)
Service Uniform (PDH)
Field Uniform (PDL)
on collar
Rank: Police General General Commissioner General Inspector Brigadier General Police Chief commissioner Police superintendent Police Commissioner Chief Inspector First Inspector Second Inspector
Worn on: Asst. Inspector Brigadiers (NCO/Constable)
Ceremonial Uniform (PDU)
Service Uniform (PDH)
Field Uniform (PDL)
on collar
Rank: Sub-inspector Second
sub-inspector		 Chief
Brigadier 		Brigadier First
Brigadier 		Second
Brigadier
Worn on: Enlisted
Ceremonial Uniform (PDU)
Service Uniform (PDH)
Field Uniform (PDL)
on collar
Rank: Brigadier
Adjutant		 First
Brigadier Adjutant		 Second
Brigadier Adjutant 		Chief
Agent		 First
Agent		 Second
Agent

Islamic Republic of Iran

Police Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Ranks

Commissioned Officer rank insignia of the Islamic Republic of Iran Police (NAJA)
Police General Police Lieutenant General Police Major General Police Brigadier General Police Second Brigadier General Police Colonel Police Lieutenant Colonel Police Major Police Captain Police First Lieutenant Police Second Lieutenant Police Third Lieutenant
Persian: ارتشبد‎‎ Persian: سپهبد‎‎ Persian: سرلشکر‎‎ Persian: سرتیپ‎‎ Persian: سرتیپ دوم‎‎ Persian: سرهنگ‎‎ Persian: سرهنگ دوم‎‎ Persian: سرگرد‎‎ Persian: سروان‎‎ Persian: ستوان یکم‎‎ Persian: ستوان دوم‎‎ Persian: ستوان سوم‎‎
Enlisted rank insignia of the Islamic Republic of Iran Police (NAJA)
Command Sergeant Major Sergeant Major(Staff) Sergeant First Class/First Sergeant Staff Sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance Corporal Senior Policeman Policeman
Persian: استوار یکم‎‎ Persian: استوار دوم‎‎ Persian: گروهبان یکم‎‎ Persian: گروهبان دوم‎‎ Persian: گروهبان سوم‎‎ Persian: سرجوخه‎‎ Persian: سرباز یکم‎‎ Persian: سرباز دوم‎‎ Persian: سرباز‎‎

Iraq

Main article: Iraqi Police

The Iraqi Police is made up of three branches, under the command of the Iraqi Ministry of Interior, these being the Iraqi Police Service which tasked with general patrol of Iraq's cities, the National Police which are a paramilitary organisation which deals with incidents that are beyond the control of the Iraqi Police, but are not so serious the Iraqi Army are involved, and the supporting force that is made up of the Department of Border Enforcement.[9]

Iraqi Police Service ranks, ordered lowest to highest with symbol on epaulette:[10]

Italy

See Italian State Police Ranks

Ireland

Ranks of the Garda Síochána (Guardians of the Peace) the Police service of the Republic of Ireland.

Japan

South Korea

Latvia

Lithuania

Generalinis komisaras/Comissionier-General

A class officers

B class officers

C class officers

Luxembourg

The Grand Ducal Police of Luxembourg has the following ranks (from top to bottom):

Macau

The Public Security Police Force of Macau (CPSP) includes the following categories, ranks and respective main functions :[11]

Malaysia

Below shown are the rank structure of the Royal Malaysian Police.

Inspector Grade

Netherlands

Police ranks of the Netherlands
Rank First Chief Commissioner
(Eerste Hoofdcommissaris)		 Chief Commissioner
(Hoofdcommissaris)		 Chief Superintendent
(Commissaris)		 Superintendent
(Hoofdinspecteur)		 Inspector
(Inspecteur)		 Sergeant
(Brigadier)
Shoulder
Sleeve
Rank Senior Constable
(Hoofdagent)		 Constable
(Agent)		 Police Patrol Officer
(Surveillant)		 Police Trainee
(Aspirant)		 Non Executive Employee
(Niet-Executieve Medewerker)
Shoulder
Sleeve

Norway

Police ranks of Norway
Norwegian Politidirektør Assisterende
politidirektør		 Politimester Visepolitimester Politiinspektør
og
Politiadvokat		 Politiadvokat Politifullmektig
Rank National
Police
Commissioner		 Assistant
National
Commissioner		 Chief of Police Deputy
Chief of Police		 Assistant
Chief of Police		 Police
Prosecutor		 Junior Police
Prosecutor
Insignia
Norwegian Politistasjonssjef
og
Lensmann		 Politioverbetjent Politiførstebetjent Politibetjent 3 Politibetjent 2 Politibetjent 1 Politi
reserven
Rank Police Chief
Superintendent		 Police
Superintendent		 Police
Chief Inspector		 Police Inspector Police Sergeant Police Constable Police
Reserve
Insignia

Source: Norwegian National Police[12]

Pakistan Rangers

The following ranks are observed in the top para-military force of Pakistan

Commissioned officers

Philippines

The following ranks are observed in the PNP as of 2009 with the following:[13]

Commissioned officers

Note: Rank in Italics is the Army equivalent. There is no Second Lieutenant rank-equivalent in the PNP.

Non-commissioned officers

Note: Rank in Italics is the Army equivalent. There is no Private rank-equivalent in the PNP.

Poland

Police ranks of Poland
Group Generals Senior Officers Junior Officers
Polish generalny inspektor Policji nadinspektor inspektor młodszy
inspektor		 podinspektor nadkomisarz komisarz podkomisarz
Rank Inspector
General of Police		 Chief
Inspector		 Inspector Junior
Inspector		 Deputy
Inspector		 Chief
Commissioner		 Commissioner Deputy
Commissioner
Insignia
Group Aspirants Non-commissioned Officers Constables
Polish aspirant sztabowy starszy aspirant aspirant młodszy aspirant sierżant sztabowy starszy sierżant sierżant starszy posterunkowy posterunkowy
Rank Staff
Aspirant		 Senior
Aspirant		 Aspirant Junior
Aspirant		 Staff
Sergeant		 Senior
Sergeant		 Sergeant Senior Constable Constable
Insignia

Portugal

The Public Security Police (PSP) of Portugal includes the following categories, ranks, insignia and respective main functions:

  • National Chief Superintendent: National Director of the PSP,
  • Deputy National Chief Superintendent: Deputy National Director or Inspector General of the PSP,
  • Chief Superintendent: commanding officer of a metropolitan / regional command,
  • Superintendent: commanding officer of a district command or second-in-command of a metropolitan / regional command,
  • Intendent: division commander in a metropolitan / regional command or second-in-command of a district command,
  • Sub-Intendent: division commander in a district command or second-in-command of a division commanded by an intendent,
  • Commissioner: second-in-command of a division commanded by a sub-intendent,
  • Sub-Commissioner: commanding officer of a police squad / police station;
  • Principal Chief: auxiliary of an unit commanding officer,
  • Chief: supervisor of staff and leader of police teams;
  • Principal Agent: a senior principal agent may perform the same functions as a chief, others perform the same functions as an agent,
  • Agent: functions of police constable;
  • Officer Candidate: student of the 5th year of the Training Course for Police Officers (CFOP),
  • Cadet: student of the 4th year of the CFOP,
  • Cadet: student of the 3rd year of the CFOP,
  • Cadet: student of the 2nd year of the CFOP,
  • Cadet: student of the 1st year of the CFOP.

Romania

Romanian Police ranks
Corps Corpul ofiţerilor de poliţie (Police Officers' Corps)
Group Quaestors Commissioners Inspectors
Romanian chestor-general chestor-șef chestor-principal chestor comisar-șef comisar subcomisar inspector-principal inspector subinspector
Rank Quaestor-General Chief-Quaestor Principal Quaestor Quaestor Chief Commissioner Commissioner Subcommissioner Principal Inspector Inspector Subinspector
Insignia
Corps Corpul agenţilor de poliţie (Police Agents' Corps)
Group Agents
Romanian agent-şef principal agent-şef agent-şef adjunct agent principal agent
Rank Principal Chief Agent Chief Agent Deputy Chief Agent Principal Agent Agent
Insignia

Russia

The Police of Russia uses the following rank system:

junior commanding staff

Middle commanding staff

Senior commanding staff

General officers

The rank of Yefeytor is only used by the Internal Troops of the MVD, now the National Guard of Russia.

Serbia

Singapore

Below shown are the rank structure of the Singapore Police Force

Sri Lanka

Gazetted Officers
Non-Gazetted Officers

South Africa

As of 1 June 2016, the functional rank structure in the South African Police Service (SAPS) is as follows:[15][16]

Senior Management - Commissioned officers
Commissioned Officers
Non-commissioned officers

From 1 April 2010 until 1 June 2016, the rank structure was as follows:

Senior Management - Commissioned officers
Commissioned Officers
Non-commissioned officers

Prior to April 2010, the rank structure was as follows:

Spain

Cuerpo Nacional de Policía

Guardia Civil - Civil Guard

Basque Country

Ertzaintza - Basque Police

Catalonia

Mossos d'Esquadra - Catalonian Police

Ranks of the Mossos d'Esquadra
RankMossoCaporalSergentSotsinspectorInspectorIntendentComissariMajor
Insignia

Navarre

Policía Foral (Foruzaingoa in Basque) - Navarrese Police

Sweden

Swedish police ranks and insignia after reorganization 2015[17]1
Rank National Police Commissioner Police Director Deputy Police Director Police Commissioner Deputy Police
Commissioner		 Chief Superintendent Assistant Police
Commissioner
Note Regional Police Chief,
Head of Department		 Deputy Chief of Region,
Deputy Head of Dept.		 District Police Chief,
Head of Division		 Special assignment Special assignment
Swedish Name Rikspolischef Polisdirektör
(Regionpolischef, Avdelningschef)		 Biträdande
Polisdirektör 		Polismästare
(Polisområdeschef, Enhetschef) 		Polisöverintendent Polisintendent Polissekreterare
Insignia
Rank Superintendent,
Detective Superintendent		 Chief Inspector,
Detective Chief Inspector		 Inspector,
Detective Inspector		 Sergeant,
Detective Sergeant		 Senior Police Constable Police Constable Police Trainee
Note Local Police Chief,
Head of Section		 Head of Group After 4 years of employment
Swedish Name Poliskommisarie,
kriminalkommissarie
(Lokalpolisområdeschef, Sektionschef)		 Poliskommisarie,
kriminalkommissarie		 Polisinspektör,
kriminalinspektör
(Gruppchef)		 Polisinspektör,
kriminalinspektör		 Polisassistent Polisassistent Polisaspirant
Insignia

Taiwan

Thailand

สำนักงานตำรวจแห่งชาติ (samnak ngan tamruat haeng chat) - Royal Thai Police

Commissioned officers

Non-commissioned officers

Turkey

Emniyet Genel Müdürlüğü - Turkish Police

Ukraine

The National Police of Ukraine uses the following rank system starting 2015:

Junior officers Senior officers
Shoulder insignia
for every day uniform
Rank Constable,
Police officer		 Corporal Sergeant Staff sergeant Junior
lieutenant 		Lieutenant Senior
lieutenant		 Captain
Supervisory officers Staff officers
Shoulder insignia
for every day uniform
Rank Major Lieutenant
colonel		 Colonel Third division
general
(Major General)		 Second division
general
(Lieutenant General)		 First division
general
(Colonel General)

United Kingdom

While some smaller or area specific police forces (ports, docks, tunnels etc.) may use variations on, or fewer of, these ranks, most territorial police forces and special police forces have a standard set of operational ranks:

The standard Chief Officer ranks outside London are:

Within London's Metropolitan Police Service the Chief Officer ranks are:

The City of London Police use similar Chief Officer ranks to the Metropolitan Police Service but with fewer ranks:

A police officer with investigative duties, up to and including the rank of Chief Superintendent, is a detective and the word Detective is prefixed to their rank (e.g. Detective Chief Inspector), except for the rank of Police Constable where the word Police is replaced, making them a Detective Constable.

United States

The United States law enforcement ranking model is generally quasi-military in structure. Each level of law enforcement: federal, state, and local have different ranks and varied considerably from agency to agency. There is no nationally set law enforcement rank structure, but they tend to follow similar patterns.

Federal

The Department of Justice, and The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), all contain multiple law Enforcement agencies and are the largest federal departments responsible for law enforcement, however other governmental departments, and agencies have law enforcement bodies. Each federal law enforcement agencies has a unique rank structure. Many federal law enforcement agencies rank structures resemble Military rank structure but have different cogitations regarding responsibilities and duties. In general all law enforcement groups in United States follow a similar pattern shown below.

State

Note: Ranks can be skipped or omitted and structure is often determined by individual States. Structure is usually Pseudo-Military.

County

Municipal

Note: Ranks can be skipped or omitted and structure is often determined by individual municipalities. Structure is usually pseudo-military.

Venezuela

Vietnam

Công an Nhân dân Việt Nam - Vietnam People's Public Security

Commissioned officers

Highest Rank

Middle Rank

Low Rank

Non-commissioned officers

Policemen

See also

References

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