This chart represents the Colombian National Police officer rank insignia.
This chart represents the Colombian National Police officer rank insignia.
| Rank group | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | Officer cadet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 National Police of Colombia [1] | None |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General | Mayor General | Brigadier General | Coronel | Teniente Coronel | Mayor | Capitán | Teniente | Subteniente | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abbreviation | GEN | MG | BG | COL | LTC | MAJ | CPT | LT | SLT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abbreviation in Spanish | GN | MG | BG | CR | TC | MY | CT | TE | ST | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank group | Senior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Enlisted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Police of Colombia [1] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sargento Mayor | Sargento Primero | Sargento Vice Primero | Sargento Segundo | Cabo Primero | Cabo Segundo | Dragoneante | Agente | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  | | No insignia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comisario | Subcomisario | Intendente Jefe | Intendente | Subintendente | Patrullero | Dragoneante | Agente | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry.
A lieutenant is a commissioned officer rank in the armed forces of many nations.
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