Police ranks of France
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The Police ranks of French police officers denote the position of a given officer in the police hierarchy in French gendarmerie and police forces.
| National Police of France | Functional titles | ||||
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| Rank | Directeur général (Director general) |
Directeur des services actifs (Director of active services) |
Inspecteur général (Inspector general) |
Contrôleur général (Controller general) | |
| Source: | [1] | ||||
| National Police of France | Corps de conception et de direction | |||
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| Rank | Commissaire général de police (Commissioner general of police) |
Commissaire divisionnaire de police (Divisional commissioner of police) |
Commissaire de police (Commissioner of police) | |
| stagiaire / élève
(Probationary / candidate) | ||||
| Source: | [1] | |||
| National Police of France | Corps de commandement | ||||||
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| Rank | Commandant divisionnaire (Divisional commandant of police) |
Commandant de police (Commandant of police) |
Capitaine de police (Captain of police) | ||||
| à l'emploi fonctionnel
(in functional position) |
referred to as Lieutenant de police during 4 years after training | stagiaire (Probationary) |
élève (Candidate) | ||||
| Source: | [1] | ||||||
| National Police of France | Corps d'encadrement et d'application | ||||||
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| Rank | Major de police (Major of police) |
Brigadier-chef de police (Chief brigadier of police) |
Gardien de la paix (Constable) | ||||
| responsable d’unité locale de police (RULP) (responsible of a local police unit) |
à l’échelon exceptionnel (in exceptional pay grade) |
stagiaire (Probationary) |
élève (Candidate) | ||||
| Source: | [1] | ||||||
| National Police of France | Other corps and positions | |
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| Rank | Policier adjoint | policier réserviste (National Police reservists) |
| Source: | [1] | |
Gendarmerie
- Officers
| NATO code | OF-10 | OF-9 | OF-8 | OF-7 | OF-6 | OF-5 | OF-4 | OF-3 | OF-2 | OF-1 | ||||||||||||||
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 French Gendarmerie[2] |
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| Général d'armée | Général de corps d'armée | Général de division | Général de brigade | Colonel | Lieutenant-Colonel | Chef d'Escadron | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Sous-Lieutenant | |||||||||||||||
- Non-commissioned officers and volunteer assistant gendarmes
| NATO code | OR-9 | OR-8 | OR-7 | OR-6 | OR-5 | OR-4 | OR-3 | OR-2 | OR-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| French Gendarmerie[2] |
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| Major | Adjudant-chef | Adjudant | Maréchal-des-logis-chef | Gendarme | Gendarme sous contrat | Gendarme Adjoint Maréchal-des-logis | Gendarme Adjoint Brigadier Chef | Gendarme Adjoint Brigadier | Gendarme Adjoint première classe | Gendarme Adjoint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Police Municipale
| Category | A: Police directors [3] | B: Police chiefs [4] | C: Police officers [5] | ||||||||
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| Rank | Directeur principal de police municipale | Directeur de police municipal | Chef de service principal de 1e classe | Chef de service principal de 2e classe | Chef de service | Brigadier-chef principal | Brigadier | Gardien | |||
| English | Principal police director Chief of police of a department with at least two subordinate police directors[3] |
Police director Chief of police of a department with at least 20 sworn officers [3] |
Principal chief of police service 1st class | Principal chief of police service 2nd class | Chief of police service | Principal chief brigadier Field supervisor |
Brigadier Police officer with four years service [5] |
Guardian Police officer | |||
