Australian police ranks

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.

Current ranks

	Commissioner				Superintendent			Inspector		Sergeant				Constable					Student
New South Wales Police Force^[1]
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	Policing Student
	Commissioner				Superintendent			Inspector		Sergeant				Constable
Victoria Police^[2] 2010–present
Victoria Police^[2] 2010–present	Chief commissioner	Deputy commissioner		Assistant commissioner	Commander	Chief superintendent^{[note 1]}	Superintendent	Chief inspector^{[note 2]}	Inspector		Senior sergeant		Sergeant	Leading senior constable		Senior constable	First constable^[3]	Constable	Probationary constable
	Commissioner				Superintendent			Inspector		Sergeant				Constable
Queensland Police Service^[4] 2019–present
Queensland Police Service^[4] 2019–present	Commissioner	Deputy commissioner		Assistant commissioner		Chief superintendent	Superintendent	Chief inspector (title, not rank)	Inspector	Senior sergeant – with recognition of service^{[note 3]}	Senior Sergeant	Sergeant – with recognition of service^{[note 3]}	Sergeant	Leading senior constable (title, not rank)	Senior constable – with recognition of service^{[note 3]}	Senior constable		Constable
	Commissioner				Superintendent			Inspector		Sergeant				Constable
South Australia Police^[5]
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] 2009–present
Western Australia Police^[6] 2009–present	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]
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]^[9] 2019–present
Northern Territory Police^[8]^[9] 2019–present	Commissioner	Deputy commissioner		Assistant commissioner	Commander		Superintendent				Senior sergeant		Sergeant			Senior constable	Constable first class		Recruit constable
	Commissioner				Superintendent			Inspector		Sergeant				Constable					Recruit
Australian Federal Police (ACT Policing)^[10]^[11]
Australian Federal Police (ACT Policing)^[10]^[11]	Commissioner	Deputy commissioner		Assistant commissioner^{[note 4]}	Commander		Superintendent		Inspector		Sergeant			Leading senior constable		Senior constable	Constable first class	Constable	Police recruit
	Commissioner				Superintendent			Inspector		Supervisor				Officer			Assistant officer
Australian Border Force
Australian Border Force	Commissioner of the ABF	Deputy commissioner		Assistant commissioner	Commander	Border Force chief superintendent	Border Force superintendent		Border Force inspector				Border Force supervisor	Senior Border Force officer	Leading Border Force officer	Border Force officer	Assistant Border Force officer (level 2)	Assistant Border Force officer (level 1)

Former ranks

Federal

Name	Commissioner			Superintendent			Inspector			Sergeant			Constable
Commonwealth Police^[12] 1917–1979 COMPOL	No equivalent			No equivalent							No equivalent			No equivalent
Commonwealth Police^[12] 1917–1979 COMPOL	No equivalent		Assistant commissioner	No equivalent	Chief superintendent	Senior superintendent	Superintendent	Chief inspector	Senior inspector	Inspector	No equivalent	Senior sergeant	Sergeant	No equivalent	Senior constable	Constable first class	Constable	Police recruit
ACT Policing^[12] 1917–1979 ACTPol	No equivalent			No equivalent										No equivalent
ACT Policing^[12] 1917–1979 ACTPol	No equivalent		Deputy commissioner	No equivalent	Superintendent		Senior inspector	Inspector first-class		Inspector second-class	Sergeant first-class	Sergeant second-class	Sergeant third-class	No equivalent	Senior constable	Constable first class	Constable	Police recruit
Federal Police (ACT Policing)^[12]^[13] 1979–1990 AFP (ACTPol)				No equivalent										No equivalent
	Commissioner	Deputy commissioner	Assistant commissioner^{[note 5]}	No equivalent	Chief superintendent		Superintendent	Chief inspector		Inspector	Station sergeant^{[note 6]}	Senior sergeant	Sergeant	No equivalent		Constable first class	Constable	Police recruit
Federal Police (ACT Policing)^[14]^[15] 1990–2019 AFP (ACTPol)					No equivalent			No equivalent				No equivalent
	Commissioner	Deputy commissioner	Assistant commissioner^{[note 7]}	Commander	No equivalent		Superintendent	No equivalent			Station sergeant^{[note 8]}	No equivalent	Sergeant	Leading senior constable	Senior constable	Constable first class	Constable	Police recruit

Victoria

Victoria Police^[13] circa 1984
Victoria Police^[13] circa 1984	Chief Commissioner	Deputy commissioner	Assistant commissioner	Commander	Chief superintendent	Superintendent	Chief inspector	Inspector	Senior sergeant	Sergeant	Senior constable		Constable
Victoria Police 2003–2010
Victoria Police 2003–2010	Chief Commissioner	Deputy commissioner	Assistant commissioner	Commander	Chief superintendent	Superintendent	Chief inspector	Inspector	Senior sergeant	Sergeant	Senior constable	Reservist	Constable

Queensland

Queensland Police Service^[16] 1975–1978							No equivalent						No equivalent
Queensland Police Service^[16] 1975–1978	Commissioner	Deputy commissioner	Assistant commissioner	Chief superintendent	Superintendent		No equivalent	Inspector		Senior sergeant	Sergeant first class	Sergeant second class	No equivalent	Senior constable	Constable first class	Constable
Queensland Police Service^[13]^[17] 1978–1991
Queensland Police Service^[13]^[17] 1978–1991	Commissioner	Deputy commissioner	Assistant commissioner	Superintendent first class	Superintendent second class	Superintendent third class	Inspector first class	Inspector second class	Inspector third class	Senior sergeant	Sergeant first class	Sergeant second class	Sergeant third class	Senior constable	Constable first class	Constable
Queensland Police Service^[13]^[18] 1991–1997							No equivalent				No equivalent		No equivalent
Queensland Police Service^[13]^[18] 1991–1997	Commissioner	Deputy commissioner	Assistant commissioner	Chief superintendent	Superintendent		No equivalent	Inspector		Senior sergeant	No equivalent	Sergeant	No equivalent	Senior constable	Constable (18 months of service)	Constable
Queensland Police Service^[13]^[19] 1997–2001							No equivalent						No equivalent
Queensland Police Service^[13]^[19] 1997–2001	Commissioner	Deputy commissioner	Assistant commissioner	Chief superintendent	Superintendent		No equivalent	Inspector		Senior sergeant	Sergeant first class	Sergeant second class	No equivalent	Sergeant	Senior constable	Constable
Queensland Police Service^[20]^[21] 2002–2019							No equivalent				No equivalent		No equivalent
Queensland Police Service^[20]^[21] 2002–2019	Commissioner	Deputy commissioner	Assistant commissioner	Chief superintendent	Superintendent		No equivalent	Inspector		Senior sergeant	No equivalent	Sergeant	No equivalent	Senior constable	Constable (5 years)	Constable

Northern Territory

Northern Territory Police^[13] 1984				No equivalent
Northern Territory Police^[13] 1984	Commissioner	Deputy commissioner	Assistant commissioner	No equivalent	Superintendent	Chief inspector	Inspector	Sergeant first class	Sergeant second class	Sergeant third class	Senior constable	Constable first class	Constable	Recruit constable
Northern Territory Police^[22] 1984–2012						No equivalent			No equivalent				No equivalent
Northern Territory Police^[22] 1984–2012	Commissioner	Deputy commissioner	Assistant commissioner	Commander	Superintendent	No equivalent		Senior sergeant	No equivalent	Sergeant	Senior constable	Constable first class	No equivalent	Recruit constable
Northern Territory Police^[8] 2012–2019						No equivalent			No equivalent				No equivalent
Northern Territory Police^[8] 2012–2019	Commissioner	Deputy commissioner	Assistant commissioner	Commander	Superintendent	No equivalent		Senior sergeant	No equivalent	Sergeant	Senior constable	Constable first class	No equivalent	Recruit constable

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