Senior sergeant

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A senior sergeant is often a rank of non-commissioned officer used in the armed forces of many nations. It is usually placed above sergeant.

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Police in Australia and New Zealand use the rank senior sergeant as a rank above sergeant, but below an inspector. The rank is equivalent to an inspector in the London Metropolitan Police or a lieutenant in the Los Angeles Police Department. [1] [2] [3]

Countries

Australia

Other than for the Australian Federal Police, senior sergeant exists for the Australian police ranks. In Tasmania Police, senior sergeant is a title, within the rank of sergeant. [4]

Denmark

In the Danish Defence, there are two senior sergeant ranks, Oversergent (lit. 'Upper/Senior sergeant') and Seniorsergent (lit. 'Senior sergeant'). However, the Danish Defence officially translates the rank with the equivalents in the British Armed Forces, [5] as such the ranks have different official translations depending on the branch.

NATO CodeOR-8OR-7
DanishSeniorsergentOversergent
Flag of Denmark (state).svg  Royal Danish Army [6] Denmark-Army-OR-8a-M11.svg Denmark-Army-OR-7-M11.svg
English [7] Warrant officer class IISergeant first class
Naval Ensign of Denmark.svg  Royal Danish Navy [8] Rank insignia of seniorsergent of the Royal Danish Navy.svg Rank insignia of oversergent of the Royal Danish Navy.svg
English [9] Senior chief petty officerChief petty officer
Flag of Denmark (state).svg  Royal Danish Air Force [10] Denmark-AirForce-OR-8.svg Denmark-AirForce-OR-7.svg
English [11] Warrant officerFlight sergeant

Russia

Senior sergeant (Russian : Ста́рший сержант, romanized: Stárshiy serzhant) is the designation to the second highest rank in the non-commissioned officer's career group in the army, airborne troops, and air force of the Russian Federation. [12] The rank is equivalent to glavny starshina in the navy.

The rank was introduced in the Red Army in 1940.

Insignia of senior sergeants

Army

Police

See also

References

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