List of police ranks

Police ranks are a system of hierarchical relationships in police organizations.[1] The rank system defines authority and responsibility in a police organization,[2] and affects the culture within the police force.[3] Police ranks, dependent on country, are similar to military ranks[4][5] in function and design due to policing in many countries developing from military organizations and operations,[6] such as in western Europe,[7][8] former Soviet countries,[9] and English-speaking countries.[10][11] Usually, uniforms denote the bearer's rank by particular insignia affixed to the uniforms.[12][5]

Rank is not only used to designate leadership, but to establish pay-grade as well.[13] As rank increases, pay-grade follows, but so does the amount of responsibility.[14]

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  6. ^ Early police in the United States at the Encyclopædia Britannica
  7. ^ Lioe, Kim Eduard (3 December 2010). Armed Forces in Law Enforcement Operations? - The German and European Perspective (1989 ed.). Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 52–57. ISBN 978-3-642-15433-1.
  8. ^ Emsley, Clive (1999). Gendarmes and the State in Nineteenth-Century Europe (1999 ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 52–57. ISBN 978-0198207986.
  9. ^ Glantz, David (1977). "The internal forces in the years of peaceful socialist construction, 1922-1941". Stumbling Colossus: The Red Army on the Eve of World War. Moscow: Iuridicheskaia Literatura. pp. 507–508.
  10. ^ "History". New South Wales Police. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  11. ^ Myers, Richard W. (2007). "From pyramids to network: Police structure and leadership in 2020". In Schafer, Joseph Andrew (ed.). Policing 2020: Exploring the Future of Crime, Communities, and Policing. Police Futurists International. p. 488.
  12. ^ "Badges of rank". British Transport Police. Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  13. ^ "Sworn Police Officer Class Titles and Job Descriptions". LAPD Online. Archived from the original on 18 October 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  14. ^ "Ranks". GoArmy. 10 July 2018. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2019.