A state DGP has 3 stars on his vehicle. Is that same as an army Lt Gen. 3 stars?

Question

I've seen the state's Director General of Police has a 3-star plate on his vehicle. Whereas in the army a Lt General is the 3-star general officer. So, does this mean in matters of protocol and rank-wise, an army Lt Gen. is equivalent to a DGP? Or, there is no relation between army and police ranks/stars??

Answer 1

I CAN ONLY GUESS THAT YOU ARE RIGHT.

Answer 2

My guess is that there is no equivalency. Many police departments have made up their own rank insignia for their chiefs and higher functionaries. In some cases a chief on a smaller force will wear colonel's eagles and on a larger force they will wear from 2 to 4 stars - in some cases the stars are gold, rather than silver.

Up to the grade of captain, they are usually the same. Larger cities have inspectors and they wear a Major's gold leaf, a senior inspector will wear a LtC's silver leaf.

Answer 3

Unfortunately I was a Protocol Officer for a while and there is NO rank equivalency between military and Police Ranks.

But a Governor within his own state is just behind the VP in terms of rank.

Answer 4

There is no equivalence. If the government agency decides to give him a fourth, fifth or sixth star, that is their business.

In the Army a command position for a LTG would be a Corp or perhaps an Army. He would be commanding tens of thousands of troops.

The Director General of Police would be commanding maybe a thousand officers.