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

Video Police rank

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,

• • Commissioner (two crossed and wreathed batons below a crown)
  • Deputy Commissioner (two crossed and wreathed batons below a pip)
  • Assistant Commissioner (two crossed batons)
  • Commander (three pips in a triangular pattern below a crown)
  • Chief Superintendent (two pips below a crown)
  • Superintendent (one pip below a crown)
  • Inspector (three pips)
• Senior Non-Commissioned Ranks
  • Senior Sergeant (three chevrons, crown and surmounted by a laurel wreath)
  • Sergeant (three chevrons)
• Non-Commissioned Ranks
  • Senior Constable (two chevrons)
  • Constable (plain epaulette)
  • Probationary Constable (plain epaulette)
• Each state has its own distinct rank structure
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • Australian Federal Police
  • New South Wales
  • Northern Territory
  • Queensland
  • South Australia
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria
  • Western Australia

Maps Police rank

Belgium

• Highest commissioned rank
  • Hoofdcommissaris / commissaire divisionnaire (Chief Commissioner)
• Commissioned rank
  • Commissaris / Commissaire (Commissioner)
• Senior non commissioned rank
  • Hoofdinspecteur / Inspecteur principal (Chief Inspector/Superintendent)
• Non commissioned rank
  • Inspecteur / Inspecteur (Inspector, equivalent to Constable or Officer)
• Auxiliary rank
  • Agent van Politie / Agent de Police (Auxiliary Officer)

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Bolivia

• Policia Egresado - Graduate Policeman
• Cabo - Corporal
• Sargento Segundo - Sergeant
• Sargento Primero - Staff sergeant
• Suboficial Segundo - Zone Sergeant
• Suboficial primero - Technical Sergeant
• Suboficial mayor - Station Sergeant
• Suboficial Supervisor - Sergeant Major
• Subteniente - Second Lieutenant
• Teniente - Lieutenant
• Capitan - Captain
• Mayor - Major
• Teniente Coronel - Lieutenant Colonel
• Coronel - Colonel
• General Director - Brigadier
• General Superior - Major General of Police
• General Supervisor - Lieutenant General of Police
• General Comandante - Director General of Police

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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 Railway 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 police 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.

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:

• coronel (colonel)
• tenente-coronel (lieutenant-colonel)
• major (major)
• capitão (captain)
• 1º tenente (1st lieutenant)
• 2º tenente (2nd lieutenant)
• aspirante-a-oficial (cadet, student rank)
• subtenente (under-lieutenant)
• 1º sargento (1st sergeant)
• 2º sargento (2nd sergeant)
• 3º sargento (3rd sergeant)
• cabo (corporal)
• soldado de 1ª classe (Private 1st Class)
• soldado de 2ª classe (Private 2nd Class, student rank)

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.

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Canada

Ranks of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police:

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

• Chief of Police / Commissioner / Chief Constable
• Deputy Chief of Police / Deputy Chief Constable
• Staff Superintendent
• Superintendent
• Staff Inspector
• Inspector
• Sergeant Major
• Staff Sergeant
• Sergeant / Detective
• Police Constable 1st Class / Detective Constable
• Police Constable 2nd Class
• Police Constable 3rd Class
• Police Constable 4th Class
• Cadet

Police Ranks for the Alberta Sheriffs:

Ranks of the Sûreté du Québec:

Ranks and insignia of the Kativik Regional Police Force are similar to those of Sûreté du Québec.

Ranks of the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal:

• Director (Directeur)
• Associate Director (Directeur-Adjoint)
• Assistant Director (Assistant-Directeur)
• Chief Inspector (Inspecteur Chef)
• Inspector (Inspecteur)
• Commander (Commandant de Quartier)
• Lieutenant / Detective Lieutenant (Lieutenant/Lieutenant Détective)
• Quarter Sergeant (Sergent de Quartier)
• Sergeant / Detective Sergeant (Sergent/Sergent Détective)
• Senior Constable (Agent Sénior)
• Constable (Agent)

Canadian Auxiliary Police Ranks as follows:

• Auxiliary Staff Superintendent
• Auxiliary Superintendent
• Auxiliary Staff Inspector
• Auxiliary Inspector
• Auxiliary Sergeant Major
• Auxiliary Staff Sergeant
• Auxiliary Sergeant
• Auxiliary Constable

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Chile

These are the ranks used by Chilean police services.

Investigations Police of Chile (PDI)

Officers

• Director General
• Prefecto General
• Prefecto Inspector
• Prefecto
• Subprefecto
• Comisario
• Subcomisario
• Inspector
• Subinspector
• Detective
• Aspirante

Carabineros de Chile

Officers

Non-commissioned officers and enlisted

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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

• Police Commissioner (Chinese: ???; pinyin: z?ng j?ngji?n): Shoulder insignia: national coat of arms fully circled with a pair of olive branch.
• Deputy Police Commissioner (Chinese: ????; pinyin: fù z?ng j?ngji?n): Deputy Minister of Public Security, shoulder insignia: national coat of arms partly circled with a pair of olive branch.
• Superintendent 1st Class (Chinese: ????; pinyin: y?jí j?ngji?n): 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.
• Superintendent 2nd Class (Chinese: ????; pinyin: èrjí j?ngji?n): 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.
• Superintendent 3rd Class (Chinese: ????; pinyin: s?njí j?ngji?n): 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.
• Inspector 1st Class (Chinese: ????; pinyin: y?jí j?ngd?): Shoulder insignia: three pips with two silver bars.
• Inspector 2nd Class (Chinese: ????; pinyin: èrjí j?ngd?): Shoulder insignia: two pips with two silver bars.
• Inspector 3rd Class (Chinese: ????; pinyin: s?njí j?ngd?): Shoulder insignia: one pip with two silver bars.

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 every four years (only applicable from Sgt 1st class to Insp 1st class). For example, 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 commanding 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

• Sergeant 1st Class (Chinese: ????; pinyin: y?jí j?ngs?): Highest admin position at this rank can be Station Commander, or Operations Squad Leader and sub-Unit Commander/Section Head at a police bureau or sub-bureau, normally in charge of a detective case or a common police raid operation. Shoulder insignia: three pips with one silver bar.
• Sergeant 2nd Class (Chinese: ????; pinyin: èrjí j?ngs?): University degree holder's entry ranking level is Sgt 2 class. Other than basic duties, also attend and assist sub-unit commander/section head in handling all kinds of cases. Sometimes is second in charge or Acting Commander during a case or operation. Shoulder insignia: two pips with one silver bar.
• Sergeant 3rd Class (Chinese: ????; pinyin: s?njí j?ngs?): Other than basic duties, also attend and assist sub-unit commander/section head in handling all kinds of cases. Shoulder insignia: one pip with one silver bar.
• Constable 1st Class (Chinese: ????; pinyin: y?jí j?ngyuán): Perform road patrol and vehicle command duties. Shoulder insignia: two pips.
• Constable 2nd Class (Chinese: ????; pinyin: èrjí j?ngyuán): Perform road patrol and vehicle command duties. Shoulder insignia: one pip.

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.

• Probationary Constable (Chinese: ????; pinyin: jiànxí j?ngyuán): Might be attaching to any of police stations or sub-units to familiar with the real police operations. The probationary period normally is one year. Shoulder insignia: two chevrons.
• Recruit (Chinese: ??; pinyin: xuéj?ng): Students at the police training school. Shoulder insignia: one chevron.

People's Armed Police

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.

Officers

Non-commissioned Officers & Enlisted

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Croatia

Regular Police ranks

• Police Director (Ravnatelj policije)
• Deputy Police Director (Zamjenik ravnatelja policije)
• Major Police advisor (Glavni policijski savjetnik)
• Police advisor (Policijski savjetnik)
• Major Police inspector (Glavni policijski inspektor)
• Independent Police inspector (Samostalni policijski inspektor)
• Upper Police inspector (Vi?i policijski inspektor)
• Police inspector (Policijski inspektor)
• Independent Police sergeant (Samostalni policijski narednik)
• Upper Police sergeant (Vi?i policijski narednik)
• Police sergeant (Policijski narednik)
• Independent Police officer (Samostalni policajac)
• Upper Police officer (Vi?i policajac)
• Police officer (Policajac)
• Probationer with college (Vje?benik vi?e i visoke stru?ne spreme)
• Probationer with secondary school (Vje?benik Srednje Stru?ne Spreme)

Special Intervention Police ranks

• Commander of intervention Police (Zapovjednik interventne policije)
• Deputy of commander of intervention Police (Pomo?nik zapovjednika interventne policije)
• Instructor in headquarters of intervention Police (Instruktor u zapovjedni?tvu interventne policije)
• Commander of intervention Police unit (Zapovjednik jedinice interventne policije)
• Deputy of commander of intervention Police unit (Zamjenik zapovjednika jedinice interventne policije)
• Commander of troop in intervention Police (Zapovjednik satnije)
• Deputy of commander of troop in intervention Police (Pomo?nik zapovjednika satnije)
• Commander of platoon in intervention Police - instructor (Zapovjednik voda- instruktor)
• Commander of section in intervention Police(Zapovjednik odjeljenja)
• Leader of intervention group (Vo?a interventne grupe)
• Police officer in intervention group (Interventni policajac)

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Cyprus

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Denmark

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Estonia

• General of Police (Politseikindral)
• Inspector-General of Police (Politseikindralinspektor)
• Colonel (Politseikolonel)
• Lieutenant Colonel (Politseikolonelleitnant)
• Major (Politseimajor)
• Captain (Politseikapten)
• Lieutenant (Politseileitnant)
• Senior Superintendent (Vanemkomissar)
• Superintendent (Komissar)
• Head Constable, Chief Inspector (Ülemkonstaabel, üleminspektor)
• Senior Constable, Senior Inspector (Vanemkonstaabel, vaneminspektor)
• Constable, Inspector (Konstaabel, inspektor)
• Basic Constable, Sub-inspector (Nooremkonstaabel, nooreminspektor)

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Finland

• National Police Commissioner (poliisiylijohtaja)
• Deputy National Police Commissioner (poliisijohtaja)
• Chief Superintendent (poliisitarkastaja)
• Police chief (poliisipäällikkö)
• Deputy Police Chief (apulaispoliisipäällikkö)
• Superintendent (ylikomisario)
• Chief Inspector (komisario)
• Sergeant (ylikonstaapeli)
• Senior Constable (vanhempi konstaapeli)
• Constable (nuorempi konstaapeli)

France

Police Nationale

Corps de Conception et de Direction

• Director General of the National Police (Directeur général de la police nationale)
• Director of Active Services (Directeur des services actifs)
• Inspector General (Inspecteur général or Directeur)
• Superintendent General (Contrôleur général)
• General Commissioner (Commissaire général)
• Divisional Commissioner (Commissaire divisionnaire)
• Principal Commissioner (Commissaire principal)
• Commissioner (Commissaire de police)

Corps de Commandement

• Police Divisional Major (Commandant Divisionnaire)
• Police Major (Commandant de Police)
• Police Captain (Capitaine de Police)
• Police Lieutenant (Lieutenant de Police)
• Intern Police Lieutenant (Lieutenant de Police stagiaire)
• Student Police Lieutenant (élève Lieutenant de Police)

Corps d'Encadrement et d'Application

• Police (Sergeant) Major (Major de police)
• Police Chief Brigadier (Brigadier-chef de police)
• Police Brigadier Brigadier de police
• Peace Guard (Gardien de la Paix)
• Intern Peace Guard (Gardien de la Paix stagiaire)
• Student Peace Guard (élève Gardien de la Paix)

Gendarmerie

Officiers (Officers)

Sous-officers (Sub-Officers)

Hommes du rang > Volontaires + Réservistes (Serviceman of the Rank)

Police Municipale

Directors

• Services director ("Directeur de service")

- 3rd class (exceptional) - 2nd class (superior) - 1st class (normal)

Chiefs

• Service chief ("Chef de service")

Deputies

• Principal Chief Brigadier ("Brigadier-chef principal")
• Chief Brigadier ("Brigadier-chef")
• Brigadier
• Sergeant ("Gardien principal")
• Deputy ("Gardien de police municipale")
• Intern deputy ("Gardien stagiaire")

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.

• President of the Federal Police Commission (Präsident des Bundespolizeipräsidiums), the highest police rank, only used by the Federal Police, responsible to the federal Ministry of Interior
• President of Police (Polizeipräsident), commands an independent regional authority of state police (Polizeipräsidium, Landespolizeidirektion, or similar), directly subordinated to the corresponding state ministry of interior.
• Vice President of Police (Polizeivizepräsident or Vizepräsident), also used in some states, serves as assistant to the state police commander
• Inspector of/Director of (stand-by) police (Inspekteur/Direktor der Bereitschaftspolizei), this rank is named differently in some states. The officer commands the stand-by police forces of the state.

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's degree from the Deutsche Hochschule der Polizei, so they can enter higher ranks.

• Police Chief Director (Leitender Polizeidirektor) acts as lieutenant to the President of Police or heading a branch service of state police. As a career position it corresponds to grade A16. Four gold stars on shoulder patch.
• Police Director (Polizeidirektor), commands a subdivision of a regional authority of state police, either territorial (encompassing roughly one or two Districts of Germany districts) or by branches (traffic, crime). Grade A15. 3 gold stars.
• Police Senior Councillor (Polizeioberrat), grade A14. 2 gold stars.
• Police Councillor (Polizeirat), commands a local police division (Polizeiinspektion) or special branch; grade A13. 1 gold star.

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.

• First Police Chief Inspector (Erster Polizeihauptkommissar), may serve in lieu of a Police Councillor, grade A13. 4 silver stars (in some states 5).
• Police Chief Inspector (Polizeihauptkommissar), grades A11 and A12. 3 silver stars, in some states 4 stars when in grade A12.
• Police Senior Inspector (Polizeioberkommissar), grade A10, 2 silver stars.
• Police Inspector (Polizeikommissar), grade A9, 1 silver star.

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.

• Police Chief Master (upgraded pay) (Polizeihauptmeister mit Amtszulage), may serve in lieu of a Police Inspector, grade A9 with upgrade, 4 or 5 stars.
• Police Chief Master (Polizeihauptmeister), grade A9, 4 stars.
• Police Senior Master (Polizeiobermeister), grade A8, 3 stars.
• Police Master (Polizeimeister), grade A7, 2 stars.
• Chief Constable (Hauptwachtmeister), grade A6, 1 star (only in a few states, usually during service in the Bereitschaftspolizei).
• Senior Constable (Oberwachtmeister) (only in a few states, usually during service in the Bereitschaftspolizei), grade A5.

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

• Candidates (Anwärter), usually the word is appended to the rank, to which the person is going to be commissioned, e.g. Polizeikommissaranwärter. Pay is a reduced amount of the corresponding rank.

Haiti

Hong Kong

Gazetted

• Commissioner of Police (CP) (Traditional Chinese: ?????): crest over pip over wreathed and crossed batons.
• Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) (Traditional Chinese: ??????): crest over wreathed and crossed batons.
• Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police (SACP) (Traditional Chinese: ?????????): pip over wreathed and crossed batons.
• Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) (Traditional Chinese: ???????): wreathed and crossed batons.

Inspectorate

• Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) (Traditional Chinese: ???): crest over two pips.
• Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) (Traditional Chinese: ????): crest over pip.
• Superintendent of Police (SP) (Traditional Chinese: ??): crest.
• Chief Inspector of Police (CIP) (Traditional Chinese: ???): three pips.
• Senior Inspector of Police (SIP) (Traditional Chinese: ????): two pips over bar.
• Inspector of Police (IP) (Traditional Chinese: ??): two pips.
• Probationary Inspector of Police (PI) (Traditional Chinese: ????): pip.

Junior Police Officer (Rank and File)

• Station Sergeant (SSGT) (Traditional Chinese: ????): wreathed crest.
• Sergeant (SGT) (Traditional Chinese: ??): three downward-pointing chevrons.
• Senior Constable (SPC) (Traditional Chinese: ????): downward-pointing chevron.
• Police Constable (PC) (Traditional Chinese: ??): slide with ID number.

Iceland

India

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

• Director Intelligence Bureau (post held by senior most Indian Police Service officer; not a rank)
• Commissioner of Police (State) or Director General of Police
• Special Commissioner of Police or Additional Director General of Police
• Joint Commissioner of Police or Inspector General of Police
• Additional Commissioner of Police or Deputy Inspector General of Police
• Deputy Commissioner of Police or Senior Superintendent of Police or Senior Commandant
• Deputy Commissioner of Police or Superintendent of Police or Commandant
• Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police or Additional Superintendent of Police or Deputy Commandant
• Assistant Commissioner of Police or Deputy Superintendent of Police or Assistant Commandant
• Assistant Superintendent of Police (IPS Probationary Rank: 2 years of service)
• Assistant Superintendent of Police (IPS Probationary Rank: 1 year of service)
• Deputy Superintendent of Police
• Circle Inspector (C.I.)

Ranks of non-Gazetted Officer

• Sub-Inspector (S.I.)
• Assistant Sub Inspector (A.S.I.)
• Senior Head Constable
• Head Constable
• Senior Constable
• Constable

Indonesia

Indonesian Police Ranks:

• The Ranks below is only used in the Mobile Brigade and Water police units:

Iran

Police Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Ranks

Iraq

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 Federal Police (earlier was called 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.

Iraqi Police officers ranks are the same that of Iraqi army ordered lowest to highest with symbol on epaulette:

• Colonel general (???? ???): one silver eagle, two silver stars and two silver crossed swords
• Lieutenant general (????): one silver eagle, one silver star and two silver crossed swords
• Major general (????): one silver eagle and two silver crossed swords
• Brigadier (????): one silver eagle and three silver stars
• Colonel (????): one silver eagle and two silver stars
• Lieutenant colonel (????): one silver eagle and one silver star
• Major (????): one silver eagle
• Captain (????): three silver stars
• First lieutenant (????? ???): two silver stars
• Lieutenant (?????): one silver star

Republic of Ireland

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

• Garda Commissioner
• Deputy Commissioner
• Assistant Commissioner
• Chief Superintendent
• Superintendent
• Inspector
• Sergeant
• Garda (equivalent to constable or police officer)

A Garda allocated to detective 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 Sergeant).

Italy

Japan

• Commissioner General (Japanese: ?????, Keisatsu-ch? Ch?kan): The Chief of National Police Agency. The rank outside. 1 capacity.
• Superintendent General (????, Keishi-s?kan): The Chief of Metropolitan Police Department. 1 capacity.
• Senior Commissioner (???, Keishi-kan): Deputy Commissioner General, Deputy Superintendent General, The Chief of Regional Police Bureau, The Chief of Prefectural Police Headquarters, others.
• Commissioner (???, Keishi-ch?): The Chief of Prefectural Police Headquarters.
• Assistant Commissioner (???, Keishi-sei): The Chief of Police Station(large). National Police Agency officers occupy the higher ranks above it.
• Superintendent (??, Keishi): The Chief of Police Station(small or middle), The Vice Commanding Officer of Police Station, Commander of Riot Unit.
• Police Chief Inspector (??, Keibu): Squad Commander of Police Station, Leader of Riot Company.
• Inspector (???, Keibu-ho):Squad Sub-Commander of Police Station, Leader of Riot Platoon. National Police Officer 1st class's career start from this rank.
• Sergeant (????, Junsa-buch?):Field supervisor, Leader of Police box. National Police Officer 2nd class's career start from this rank.
• Senior Police Officer (???, Junsa-ch?): Honorary rank of Police Officer.
• Police officer, (??, Junsa):Prefectural Police Officer's career start from this rank.

Kenya

The Kenya Police wear badges of rank on the shoulders (Inspector-General - Inspector) and sleeve (Senior Sergeant - Constable) of their uniform to denote their rank. In line with the ongoing reforms, the uniforms committee is also working on new insignia for the revised rank structure, which will have to be approved by the National Police Service Commission. The order of Kenya Police ranks is as follows:

• Inspector-General (formerly Commissioner of Police)
• Deputy Inspector-General
• Senior Assistant Inspector-General
• Assistant Inspector-General
• Senior Superintendent
• Superintendent
• Assistant Superintendent
• Chief Inspector
• Inspector
• Senior Sergeant
• Sergeant
• Constable

Former Kenya Police ranks and insignia can be found at this reference.

South Korea

• Commissioner General (????, ????): at most one may be appointed at a time.
• Chief Superintendent General (????, ????): at most five may be appointed at a time.
• Senior Superintendent General (???, ???)
• Superintendent General (???, ???)
• Senior Superintendent (??, ??)
• Superintendent (??, ??)
• Senior Inspector (??, ??)
• Inspector (??, ??)
• Assistant Inspector (??, ??)
• Senior Police Officer (??, ??)
• Police Officer (??, ??)
  • Newly commissioned officers are appointed as Policeman Assistant (????, ????) for one year probationary period. The uniform and insignia of an assistant is identical to those of a Policeman.
• Auxiliary Policeman (??, ??)
  • Sergeant Constable (??, ??)
  • Corporal Constable (??, ??)
  • Private Constable First Class (??, ??)
  • Private Constable (??, ??)

Latvia

Ranks of Latvian State police (Latvian: Valsts policija)

• ?ener?lis/Police general
• Pulkvedis/Colonel
• Pulkve?leitnants/Lieutenant Colonel
• Majors/Major
• Kapteinis/Captain
• Virsleitnants/First lieutenant
• Leitnants/Lieutenant
• Virsnieka vietnieks/Warrant Officer
• Virsser?ants/First sergeant
• Ser?ants/Sergeant
• Kapr?lis/Corporal
• Kursants
• Ierindnieks/Private

Lithuania

Generalinis komisaras/Commissioner-General

A class officers

• Vyriausiasis komisaras/Chief Commissioner
• Vyresnysis komisaras/Senior commissioner
• Komisaras/Commissioner

B class officers

• Komisaras inspektorius/Commissioner inspector
• Vyresnysis inspektorius/Chief inspector
• Inspektorius/Inspector

C class officers

• Vir?ila/Sergeant
• Vyresnysis policininkas/Police officer 1st class
• Policininkas/Police officer
• Jaunesnysis policininkas/Junior police officer

Luxembourg

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

• Director General (directeur général)
• Assistant Director General (directeur général adjoint)
• First Division Commissioner (1er commissaire divisionnaire)
• Division Commissioner (commissaire divisionnaire)
• Assistant Division Commissioner (commissaire divisionnaire adjoint)
• First Senior Commissioner (1er commissaire principal)
• Senior Commissioner (commissaire principal)
• Chief Commissioner (commissaire en chef)
• Commissioner (commissaire)
• Chief Inspector (inspecteur-chef)
• First Inspector (premier inspecteur)
• Inspector (inspecteur)
• Assistant Inspector (inspecteur adjoint)
• Chief Brigadier (brigadier-chef)
• Senior Brigadier (brigadier principal)
• First Brigadier (premier brigadier)
• Brigadier (brigadier)

Macau

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

• Senior ranks

  Superintendent general (Portuguese: superintendente-geral): commander of the CPSP,

  Superintendent (superintendente): deputy commander of the CPSP,

  Intendent (intendente): commanding officer of level I units,

  Sub-Intendent (subintendente): commanding officer of level II units,

  Commissioner (comissário): commanding officer of level III units,

  Sub-commissioner (subcomissário): commanding officer of level IV units,

  Chief (chefe): commanding officer of level V units,

  Sub-chief (subchefe): coordinator of complex tasks;

• Basic ranks

  Principal constable (guarda principal): coordinator of simple tasks,

  Constable first class (guarda de primeira): executor of operational, technical or administrative tasks,

  Constable (guarda): executor of operational, technical or administrative tasks.

Macedonia

• General Police Counselor (Macedonian: ????????? ????????? ????????, Generalen policiski sovetnik)
• Chief Police Counselor (Macedonian: ?????? ????????? ????????, Glaven policiski sovetnik)
• Senior Police Counselor (Macedonian: ??? ????????? ????????, Vi? policiski sovetnik)
• Police Counselor (Macedonian: ????????? ????????, Policiski sovetnik)
• Chief Inspector (Macedonian: ?????? ?????????, Glaven inspektor)
• Independent Inspector (Macedonian: ????????? ?????????, Samostoen inspektor)
• Senior Inspector (Macedonian: ??? ?????????, Vi? inspektor)
• Inspector (Macedonian: ?????????, Inspektor)
• Junior Inspector (Macedonian: ?????? ?????????, Pomlad inspektor)
• Chief Policeman (Macedonian: ?????? ????????, Glaven policaec)
• Senior Policeman (Macedonian: ??? ????????, Vi? policaec)
• Policeman (Macedonian: ????????, Policaec)

Malaysia

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

• Inspector General Grade
  • Inspector General of Police [IGP]: National Chief Police.
  • Deputy Inspector General of Police [DIG]: Deputy National Chief Police.
  • Commissioner of Police [CP] Department Chief Police
  • Senior Deputy Commissioner of Police
  • Deputy Commissioner of Police [DCP] : State Chief Police Officer [CPO]
  • Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police
  • Assistant Commissioner of Police [ACP]: District Chief Police.
• Superintendent Grade
  • Superintendent of Police [SUPT]
  • Deputy Superintendent of Police [DSP]: District Division Chief
  • Assistant Superintendent of Police [ASP]: Station Chief Police.

Inspector Grade

• Inspector [INSP]
• Probationary Inspector [P/INSP]
• Enlisted Grade
  • Sub-Inspector [S/INSP]
  • Sergeant Major [SM]
  • Sergeant [SGT]
  • Corporal [CPL]
  • Lance Corporal [L/CPL]
  • Constable

Mexico

Accordin to the General Law for the National System for Public Security, the Federal, State and Municipal Police Forces will establish his hierarchical organization, at less considering the following ranks categories:

• Basic Scale Ladder:
  • Constable
  • Leading Constable
  • Senior Constable
  • Sergeant
• Officers:
  • Subofficer
  • Officer.
  • Subinspector
• Inspectors:
  • Inspector.
  • Chief Inspector
  • Superintendent
• Commissioners:
  • Commissioner
  • Chief Commissioner.
  • Deputy Commissioner general
• Commissioner generals:
  • Commissioner General

Netherlands

Norway

Source: Norwegian National Police

Pakistan

The following ranks are observed in the various police organisations across Pakistan (Lowest to highest ranks)

• 1. Constable
• 2. Head Constable (HC)
• 3. Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI)
• 4. Sub Inspector (SI)
• 5. Inspector (IP)
• 6. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP)/ Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP)
• 7. Superintendent of Police (SP)
• 8. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP)
• 9. Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG)
• 10. Additional Inspector General of Police (Add.IG)
• 11. Inspector General of Police (IGP)

Philippines

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

Commissioned officers

• Director General - General
• Deputy Director General (DDG) - Lieutenant General
• Director (Dir.) - Major General
• Chief Superintendent (C/Supt.) - Brigadier General
• Senior Superintendent (S/Supt.) - Colonel
• Superintendent (Supt.) - Lieutenant Colonel
• Chief Inspector (C/Insp.) - Major
• Senior Inspector (S/Insp.) - Captain
• Inspector (Insp.) - Lieutenant

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

Non-commissioned officers

• Senior Police Officer IV (SPO4) - Senior Master Sergeant / Chief Master Sergeant
• Senior Police Officer III (SPO3) - Master Sergeant
• Senior Police Officer II (SPO2) - Technical Sergeant
• Senior Police Officer I (SPO1) - Staff Sergeant"
• Police Officer III (PO3) - Sergeant
• Police Officer II (PO2) - Corporal
• Police Officer I (PO1) - Private First Class

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

Poland

Portugal

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

• Police Officers

• 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;

• Police Chiefs

• Chief Coordinator: ,
• Principal Chief: auxiliary of an unit commanding officer,
• Chief: supervisor of staff and leader of police teams;

• Police Agents

• Agent Coordinator:,
• 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;

• Police Officer Academy (ISCPSI) Students:

• 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

Russia

The Police of Russia uses the following rank system:

• Cadet (educational institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs)
• Private

Junior commanding staff

• Junior Sergeant
• Sergeant
• Staff Sergeant
• Sergeant major (Starshina)
• Warrant officer
• Senior warrant officer

Middle commanding staff

• Junior-lieutenant
• Lieutenant
• Senior Lieutenant
• Captain

Senior commanding staff

• Major
• Lieutenant Colonel
• Colonel

General officers

• Police Major General
• Police Lieutenant-General
• Police Colonel-General
• General of the Police of the Russian Federation

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

Serbia

• General of the Police (General policije)
• Chief Police Adviser/Counselor (Glavni policijski savetnik)
• Police Adviser/Counselor (Policijski savetnik)
• Chief Police Inspector (Glavni policijski inspektor)
• Independent police inspector (Samostalni policijski inspektor)
• Police Inspector (Policijski inspektor)
• Police Sergeant (Policijski narednik)
• Junior Police Sergeant 1st Class (Mladji policijski narednik 1 klase)
• Junior Police Sergeant (Mladji policijski narednik)
• Independent Policeman (Samostalni policajac)
• Senior Policeman (Vi?i policajac)
• Policeman 1st Class (Policajac 1 klase)
• Policeman (Policajac)
• Junior Policeman 1st Class (Mladji policajac 1 klase)
• Junior Policeman (Mladji policajac)

Singapore

Below shown are the rank structure of the Singapore Police Force. Latest changes made to the ranks of the SPF were made in 2016. Officers with ranks that were made obsolete would continue to carry their ranks until their next promotion.

• Senior police officers
  • Commissioner of Police [CP]
  • Deputy Commissioner of Police [DCP]
  • Senior Assistant Commissioner [SAC]
  • Assistant Commissioner [AC]
  • Deputy Assistant Commissioner [DAC]
  • Superintendent of Police [SUPT]
  • Deputy Superintendent of Police [DSP]
  • Assistant Superintendent of Police [ASP]
  • Inspector of Police [INSP]
• Police officers
  • Senior Station Inspector (2) of Police [SSI2] (Obsolete in 2016)
  • Senior Station Inspector of Police [SSI] (Obsolete in 2016)
  • Station Inspector of Police [SI]
  • Senior Staff Sergeant [SSSGT]
  • Staff Sergeant [SSGT] (Obsolete in 2016)
  • Sergeant [SGT]
  • Corporal [CPL] (Obsolete in 2016)
  • Lance Corporal [LC]: Obsolete for the regular force. Currently only available for the Gurkha Contingent.
  • Special constable [SC]: Full-time National Servicemen. Promoted FTNS officers will have the SC prefix to their rank, e.g. SC/Cpl, SC/Sgt.
  • Police Constable [PC]: This rank is no longer granted to regulars. However, officers below the rank of inspector being discharged from the police force on disciplinary grounds are first reduced to the rank of constable before their discharge.

South Africa

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

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

Senior Management - Commissioned officers

• General (Gen) - designation of National Commissioner
• Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) - Actg. National Commissioner, Deputy National Commissioner, Provincial Commissioner, Divisional Commissioner
• Major General (Maj Gen)
• Brigadier

Commissioned Officers

• Colonel (Col)
• Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col)
• Major
• Captain
• Lieutenant

Non-commissioned officers

• Warrant Officer (W/O)
• Sergeant (Sgt)
• Constable (Const)

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

Senior Management - Commissioned officers

• National Commissioner
• Deputy National Commissioner
• Divisional Commissioner or Provincial Commissioner
• Assistant Commissioner

Commissioned Officers

• Director
• Senior Superintendent
• Superintendent
• Captain
• Inspector

Non-commissioned officers

• Sergeant
• Constable
• Student

Spain

Cuerpo Nacional de Policía

• Director General of Police (Spanish: Director General de Policia)
• Deputy Director General (Director Adjunto Operativo)
• Sub-Director General (Subdirector General)
• Commissioner General/Division Chief (Comisario General/Jefe de Division)
• Senior Chief (Jefe Superior)
• Principal Commissioner (Comisario Principal)
• Commissioner (Comisario)
• Chief Inspector (Inspector Jefe)
• Inspector
• Sub-Inspector (Subinspector)
• First Class Police Officer (Oficial de Policia)
• Police Officer (Policia)

Guardia Civil - Civil Guard

Basque Country

Ertzaintza - Basque Police

• Superintendent (Basque: Superintendentea)
• Intendent (Intendentea)
• Chief Inspector (Inspektorea)
• Inspector (Inspektoreordea)
• Officer (Ofiziala)
• Non-commissioned Officer (Ofizialordea)
• Constable 1st Class (1. Ertzaina)
• Constable (Ertzaina)

Catalonia

Mossos d'Esquadra - Catalan Police

• Chief Superintendent (Catalan: Major)
• Superintendent (Comissari)
• Chief Inspector (Intendent)
• Inspector (Inspector)
• Lieutenant (Sotsinspector)
• Sergeant (Sergent)
• Corporal (Caporal)
• Constable (Mosso)

Navarre

Policía Foral (Foruzaingoa in Basque) - Navarrese Police

• Foral Police Chief (Spanish: Jefe Policía Foral, Basque: Foruzaingo Nagusia)
• Chief Superintendent (Comisario Principal, Komisario Nagusia)
• Superintendent (Comisario, Komisarioa)
• Inspector (Inspector, Inspektorea)
• Deputy Inspector (Subinspector, Inspektoreordea)
• Corporal (Cabo, Kaporala)
• Foral Constable (Agente Foral, Foruzaina)

Sri Lanka

Gazetted Officers

• Inspector General of Police (IGP)
• Senior Deputy Inspector General of police (SDIG)
• Deputy Inspector General of police (DIG)
• Senior Superintendent of police (SSP)
• Superintendent of police (SP)
• Assistant Superintendent of police (ASP)
• Chief Inspector of police (CIP)
• Inspector of police (IP)
• Sub Inspector of police (SI)

Non-Gazetted Officers

• Police Sergeant Major (PSM)
• Police Sergeant Class 1 (PS)
• Police Sergeant Class 2 (PS)
• Police Constable Class 1 (PC)
• Police Constable Class 2 (PC)
• Police Constable Class 3 (PC)
• Police Constable Class 4 (PC)

Sweden

Taiwan

• Police Supervisor General (????)
• Police Supervisor Rank One (????)
• Police Supervisor Rank Two (????)
• Police Supervisor Rank Three (????)
• Police Supervisor Rank Four (????)
• Police Officer Rank One (????)
• Police Officer Rank Two (????)
• Police Officer Rank Three (????)
• Police Officer Rank Four (????)
• Police Rank One (????)
• Police Rank Two (????)
• Police Rank Three (????)
• Police Rank Four (????)

Thailand

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

Commissioned officers

• ?????????? - Police General (phon tamruat ek)
• ????????? - Police Lieutenant General (phon tamruat tho)
• ??????????- Police Major General (phon tamruat tri)
• ???????????? - Police Brigadier (rank in abeyance) (phon tamruat jattawa)
• ??????????? (?????) - Police Senior Colonel (equivalent to Police Brigadier) (phan tamruat ek phiset)
• ??????????? - Police Colonel (phan tamruat ek)
• ?????????? - Police Lieutenant Colonel (phan tamruat tho)
• ??????????? - Police Major (phan tamruat tri)
• ???????????? - Police Captain (roi tamruat ek)
• ??????????? - Police Lieutenant (roi tamruat tho)
• ???????????? - Police Second Lieutenant (roi tamruat tri)

Non-commissioned officers

• ???????? - Police Sergeant Major (dap tamruat)
• ??????????? - Police Staff Sergeant (ja sip tamruat)
• ??????????? - Police Sergeant (sip tamruat ek)
• ?????????? - Police Corporal (sip tamruat tho)
• ??????????? - Police Lance Corporal (sip tamruat tri)
• ??????? - Policeman/Constable (phon tamruat)

Turkey

Emniyet Genel Müdürlü?ü - Turkish Police

• Director General (Emniyet Genel Muduru)
• Director 1st Grade (1. Sinif Emniyet Muduru)
• Director 2nd Grade (2. Sinif Emniyet Muduru)
• Director 3rd Grade (3. Sinif Emniyet Muduru)
• Director 4th Grade (4. Sinif Emniyet Muduru)
• Superintendent (Emniyet Amiri)
• Chief Inspector (Baskomiser)
• Inspector (Komiser)
• Sub-Inspector (Komiser Yardimcisi)
• Sergeant (K?demli Ba?Polis Memuru)
• Corporal (Ba?Polis Memur)
• Police Officer (Turkish: Polis Memuru)

Ukraine

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

Ranks used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces are in force in the National Guard of Ukraine.

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi

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:

• Police Constable
• Sergeant
• Inspector
• Chief Inspector
• Superintendent
• Chief Superintendent

The standard Chief Officer ranks outside London are:

• Assistant Chief Constable
• Deputy Chief Constable
• Chief Constable

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

• Commander
• Deputy Assistant Commissioner
• Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
• Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
• Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis

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

• Commander
• Assistant Commissioner
• Commissioner of the City of London Police

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 omitted, 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) has different ranks and vary 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) 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 agency 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:

• Director or Chief (Comparatively General)
• Assistant/ Deputy Director/ Chief (Comparatively Colonel)
• Special Agent in Charge (Comparatively Major)
• Assistant Special Agent in Charge (Comparatively Captain)
• Supervisory Special Agent (Comparatively Lieutenant)
• Special Agent (Comparatively Sergeant)
• Agent (Comparatively Corporal)
• Probationary Agent (Comparatively Private or Cadet)

State

• Chief of State Police (some States use Superintendent, Director or Commissioner)(Often Selected by Governor of State)
• Deputy/Assistant Chief, Assistant Director, Superintendent, Director or Commissioner
• Colonel (Small States)
• Lieutenant Colonel (large states)
• Major
• Captain, or Commander (Bureau Commander)
• Lieutenant
• Second Lieutenant
• Inspector
• Staff Sergeant, Sergeant First Class, First Sergeant, Master Sergeant, or Sergeant Major (Large States)
• Sergeant
• Corporal
• Senior/Master Trooper/Patrolman
• Trooper, or Patrolman
• Probationary Trooper/Patrolman
• Cadet, Recruit, Trainee

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

County

• Sheriff, Chief
• Under-Sheriff, Deputy Chief (sometimes an elected position)
• Assistant Sheriff (large departments)
• Colonel (large departments)
• Area Commander or Lieutenant Colonel (large departments)
• Major (large departments)
• Captain, or Commander
• Lieutenant
• Staff Sergeant (large departments)
• Sergeant
• Corporal
• Master Deputy, Senior Deputy, or Senior Deputy Sheriff
• Deputy, or Deputy Sheriff
• Cadet, Recruit, Trainee, or Probationary Deputy

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

Municipal/City

Chief officers

• Chief of Police (sometimes an elected position; some departments use Superintendent, Director or Commissioner)
• Deputy/Assistant Chief (or Deputy/Assistant Commissioner in large departments)

Supervisory ranks

• Colonel/Commander/Inspector (large departments. An inspector may also be a non-supervisory technical or investigative rank.)
• Major (large departments)
• Captain
• Lieutenant
• Sergeant

Officers

• Detective
• Police Officer (rank may have different grades, such as Senior Officer, Master Officer, etc.)
• Police Cadet
• Recruit

Note: Ranks can be omitted or added as needed and the structure is often determined by individual municipalities. The structure is usually pseudo-military.

Venezuela

• Comisonado General
• Comisonado Jefe
• Comisonado Agregado
• Comisonado
• Subcomisionado
• Supervisor Jefe
• Supervisor Agregado
• Supervisor
• Inspector Jefe
• Inspector
• Subinspector
• Sargento Mayor Supervisor
• Sargento Mayor
• Sargento I
• Sargento II
• Cabo I
• Cabo II
• Distinguido
• Agente

Vietnam

Công an Nhân dân Vi?t Nam - Vietnam People's Public Security

Commissioned officers

Highest Rank

• ??i t??ng Công an - Police General - only held by the Minister of Public Security
• Th??ng t??ng Công an - Police Colonel General - usually held by the Deputy Ministers of Public Security
• Trung t??ng Công an - Police Lieutenant General - usually held by the Directors of General Departments of Ministry, Directors of Hanoi Police Department and Directors of Ho Chi Minh City Police Department
• Thi?u t??ng Công an - Police Major General - usually held by Vice Directors of General Departments of Ministry, Directors of Departments of Ministry

Middle Rank

• ??i tá Công an - Police Brigadier - usually held by Directors of Municipality and Province Police Departments
• Th??ng tá Công an - Police Colonel - usually held by Chiefs of City, Town and District Police
• Trung tá Công an - Police Lieutenant Colonel - usually held by Chiefs of Ward and Commune Police
• Thi?u tá Công an - Police Major

Low Rank

• ??i úy Công an - Police Captain
• Th??ng úy Công an - Police Senior Lieutenant
• Trung úy Công an - Police 1st Lieutenant
• Thi?u úy Công an - Police Sub-Lieutenant (2nd Lieutenant).

Non-commissioned officers

• Th??ng s? - Staff Sergeant
• Trung s? - Sergeant
• H? s? - Corporal

Policemen

• Chi?n s? b?c 1 - Policeman 1st Class
• Chi?n s? b?c 2 - Policeman

See also

• Military rank
• United States law enforcement decorations

References

Source of the article : Wikipedia