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Australian police ranks and insignia are loosely based on the ranks of the United Kingdom police forces and differ between state and territory forces. Ranks listed here descend in seniority from left to right.

Commissioner Superintendent Inspector Sergeant Constable
New South Wales
Police Force[1]
Commissioner Deputy
commissioner 		Senior
assistant
commissioner 		Assistant
commissioner 		Chief
superintendent 		Superintendent Chief
inspector 		Inspector Senior
sergeant 		Incremental
sergeant 		Sergeant Leading
senior
constable 		Incremental
senior
constable 		Senior
constable 		Constable Probationary
Constable
Commissioner Superintendent Inspector Sergeant Constable
Victoria Police[2]
Chief
commissioner 		Deputy
commissioner 		Assistant
commissioner 		Commander Chief
superintendent* 		Superintendent Chief
inspector 		Inspector Senior
sergeant 		Sergeant Leading
senior
constable 		Senior
constable 		First
constable[3] 		Constable
Commissioner Superintendent Inspector Sergeant Constable
Queensland Police Service[4]
Commissioner Deputy
commissioner 		Assistant
commissioner 		Chief
superintendent 		Superintendent Inspector Senior
sergeant 		Sergeant Senior
constable 		Constable
(5 years) 		Constable
Commissioner Superintendent Inspector Sergeant Constable
South Australia Police[5]
Commissioner Deputy
commissioner 		Assistant
commissioner 		Commander Chief
superintendent 		Superintendent Chief
inspector 		Inspector Senior
sergeant
first class 		Senior
sergeant 		Sergeant Brevet
sergeant 		Senior
constable
first class 		Senior
constable 		Constable
first class 		Constable Probationary
constable
Commissioner Superintendent Inspector Sergeant Constable
Western Australia Police[6]
Commissioner Deputy
commissioner 		Assistant
commissioner 		Commander Superintendent Inspector Senior
sergeant 		Sergeant Senior
constable 		Constable
first class 		Constable
Commissioner Superintendent Inspector Sergeant Constable
Tasmania Police[7]
Commissioner Deputy
commissioner 		Assistant
commissioner 		Commander Inspector Senior
sergeant 		Sergeant Senior
constable
qualified 		Senior
constable 		First
class
constable 		Constable
Commissioner Superintendent Inspector Sergeant Constable
Northern Territory Police[8]
Deputy
commissioner 		Assistant
commissioner 		Commander Superintendent Senior
sergeant 		Sergeant Senior
constable 		Constable
first class 		Recruit
constable
Commissioner Superintendent Inspector Sergeant Constable
Australian Federal Police
(ACT Policing)[9]
Commissioner Deputy
commissioner 		Assistant
commissioner
(Chief of
ACT Policing) 		Commander Superintendent Inspector Sergeant in
specific roles
as determined
by Commissioner 		Sergeant Leading
senior
constable 		Senior
constable 		Constable
first class 		Constable Police
recruit

* The ranks of Chief Inspector and Chief Superintendent are no longer used or promotable.

References

  1. ^ "Rank Insignia - NSW Police Force". New South Wales Police Force. Archived from the original on 2007-12-04. Retrieved 2007-12-30.
  2. ^ "Victoria Police - Insignia of Police Ranks". VicNews - The Victorian Scanning News. Archived from the original on 4 January 2008. Retrieved 2007-12-30.
  3. ^ "First Constable (63/11)". Archived from the original on 5 February 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  4. ^ Queensland Police Service (16 August 2019). "Rank insignia". police.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  5. ^ "South Australia Police - Rank Insignia". The International Encyclopedia of Uniform Insignia Around the World. Retrieved 2007-12-30.
  6. ^ "Western Australia Police - Rank Insignia". Western Australia Police. Archived from the original on 6 January 2008. Retrieved 2007-12-30.
  7. ^ "Tasmania Police - Rank Insignia and Title". Tasmania Police. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  8. ^ "Insignia, Patches and Badges - NT Police Museum". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
  9. ^ "AFP National Guidelines on Uniform and Standards of Dress". Retrieved 27 June 2017.
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