Police ranks of Poland
Overview of police ranks in Poland
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Police ranks of Poland (Polish: stopnie policyjne) are the titles used by the Polish Police to denote an officer’s position and seniority within the national police hierarchy. The system is established in law and represented by distinctive uniform insignia.
Polish Police
Officers
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| Generalny inspektor Policji | Nadinspektor | Inspektor | Młodszy inspektor |
Podinspektor | Nadkomisarz | Komisarz | Podkomisarz | |||||||||||||||||
| Inspector general of police |
Chief inspector |
Inspector | Junior inspector |
Deputy inspector |
Chief commissioner |
Commissioner | Deputy commissioner | |||||||||||||||||
Other ranks
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| Policja[1] |
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| Aspirant sztabowy | Starszy aspirant | Aspirant | Młodszy aspirant | Sierżant sztabowy | Starszy sierżant | Sierżant | Starszy posterunkowy | Posterunkowy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Staff aspirant |
Senior aspirant |
Aspirant | Junior aspirant |
Staff sergeant |
Senior sergeant |
Sergeant | Senior constable | Constable | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Railway Police
- Officers
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| Commander HQ SOK | Deputy commander HQ SOK for operations | Deputy commander HQ SOK for economy | Commander regional HQ SOK | Assistant commander regional HQ SOK | Senior inspector SOK | Division manager, Regional HQ SOK | Inspector SOK | Station commander SOK | Assistant station commander SOK | |||||||||||||||
- Other
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| Watch commander SOK | Duty officer SOK | Squad leader SOK | Senior team leader SOK | Team leader SOK | Senior officer SOK | Officer SOK | Trainee SOK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Military Gendarmerie
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| Generał brygady | Pułkownik | Podpułkownik | Major | Kapitan | Porucznik | Podporucznik | ||||||||||||||||||
- Enlisted
| NATO code | OR-9 | OR-8 | OR-7 | OR-6 | OR-5 | OR-4 | OR-3 | OR-2 | OR-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Starszy chorąży sztabowy | Starszy chorąży | Chorąży | Młodszy chorąży | Starszy sierżant | Sierżant | Plutonowy | Starszy kapral | Kapral | Starszy szeregowy | Szeregowy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Border guard
- Officers
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| Generał dywizji | Generał brygady | Pułkownik | Podpułkownik | Major | Kapitan | Porucznik | Podporucznik | Podchorąży | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Polish Border Guard Naval units |
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| Wiceadmirał | Kontradmirał | Komandor | Komandor porucznik | Komandor podporucznik | Kapitan marynarki | Porucznik marynarki | Podporucznik marynarki | Podchorąży | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Polish Border Guard Air department |
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- Enlisted
State Police (1918–1939)
Police rank and equivalent army rank:
- Posterunkowy – Kapral
- Starszy posterunkowy – Plutonowy
- Przodownik – Sierżant
- Starszy przodownik – Starszy sierżant
- Aspirant – Podporucznik
- Podkomisarz – Porucznik
- Komisarz – Kapitan
- Nadkomisarz – Major
- Podinspektor – Podpułkownik
- Inspektor – Pułkownik
- Nadinspektor – no equivalent
- Generalny inspektor – Generał brygady
- Officers
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| Policja (1936-1939) |
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| Generalny inspektor | Nadinspektor | Inspektor | Podinspektor | Nadkomisarz | Komisarz | Podkomisarz | Aspirant | |||||||||||||||||
| Inspector general |
Chief inspector |
Inspector | Deputy inspector |
Chief commissioner |
Commissioner | Deputy commissioner |
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- Other
Blue Police (1939-1944)
The ranks of the Blue Police was as following:[3]
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Inspektor | Oberstleutnant | |
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Podinspektor | Major | |
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Nadkomisarz | Hauptmann |
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Komisarz | Oberleutnant |
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Podkomisarz | Leutnant | |
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St. przodownik | Obermeister | |
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Przodownik | Meister | |
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St. posterunkowy | Hauptwachtmeister | |
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Posterunkowy | Wachtmeister | |
| Funkcjonariusz | Unterwachtmeister |