How do they rank officers in the police departments and in the military?

Question

Please list the rankings in order from Highest to lowest

Answer 1

Not sure about the military but here's the police:

1.Chief
2.Assistant chief
3.Captain
4.Lieutenant
5.Sargeant
6.Corporal
7.Officer

Answer 2

My department rankings are as follows:

Chief
Assistant Chief
Captain
Lieutenant
Sergeant
Senior Police Officer
Police Officer

Note: In my department the differentiation between a Senior Police Officer and regular Police Officer is in name only. A Senior Police Officer has no rank over a regular officer.

Answer 3

This is going to vary some between police departments, some places have patrolmen, patrolmen 1st class, and so on. The general idea for law enforcement is a follows.

1.Officer, Private, or Patrolman
2.Corporal
3.Sergeant
4.(Some times you might find a SGT. 1st Class in here too, like the shift commander) Usually a dective holds at least a Sgt. rank as well but will be classed in this area for pay scale puropses.
5.Lt. 1st and 2nd
6.Captain
7.Chief

Military will vary drasticially from one branch of service to another. The most common reference is made to Army which is as follows.

ENLISTED
Private
Private Private First Class
Specialist
Corporal
Sergeant
Staff Sergeant
Sergeant First Class
Master Sergeant
First Sergeant
Sergeant Major
Command Sergeant Major
Sergeant Major of the Army

WARRANT OFFICERS
Warrant Officer 1
Chief Warrant Officer 2
Chief Warrant Officer 3
Chief Warrant Officer 4
Master Warrant Officer 5

OFFICERS
Second Lieutenant
First Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Lieutenant
Colonel
Brigadier General
Major General
Lieutenant General
General

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Answer 4

1)These patches are not officially "military" ranks, they are simply symbols of authority, respect, and power that are well known for being used in the military. 2)Police departments are basically just a branch of the military, they stand in formation, march, have ranks, and other procedures that they follow. The police academy uses the Marines' boot-camp techniques to do their training.

Answer 5

My department went from Chief, Asst Chief, 2nd Asst Chief, Sergeant, Corporal, Patrolman. They have since dropped the assistant Chief and Corporals.

Used to have Lieutenants but they were a tested position. If you want to stack your department favorably for the Chief or Mayor, you change the Lieutenants jobs to Chief and then they are Politically appointed so they can hire whoever will do their bidding. Sergeant currently is the highest tested position you can obtain on my old PD

Answer 6

Police agencies are paramilitary institutions and rank similarly to the military. The ranks are usually patrolman, Cpl, Sgt, Lt, Capt, Major, and Chief.

Answer 7

My department is small we only have the following:

Chief
Lieutenants
Sergeants
Officer -- Detective

Answer 8

i can't tell you that info