Police ranks of the Arab Union

In the Union of Arab Republics (UAR; informally the Arab Union), all civilian territorial police and national police forces use the same ranking system, with the same recognisable insignia. Federal agencies under the Attorney-General of the Arab Union (namely the All-Union Police) use a similar yet distinct ranking system, while the Military Police Directorate and the Joint Security Committee instead use a military ranking system nearly identical to that of the Arab Army. Each republic also has a Corrections Directorate responsible for operating all prisons and remand centres in the respective republic; correctional officers, like personnel of regular police agencies, are considered police officers in their own right, and therefore also use this ranking system.

Rank insignia
The rank insignia are identical across all territorial police and national police agencies. Uniformed officers wear their rank on shoulder epaulettes; all officer badges also indicate the officer's rank, and plainclothes officers display their badge to prove their rank when necessary. The coat of arms displayed on the second- and third-highest ranks (superintendent and director) is the coat of arms of the Arab Union, not that of individual republics, and is thus the same for all agencies. By contrast, the insignia used for director-general is identical to the official emblem of the respective agency; the one displayed here is that of the Palestine National Police.

Below are the insignia used for the eight standard police ranks. The lowest rank (administrative clerk) is used by all civilian staff who are not sworn (commissioned) officers, as well as police cadets prior to graduation (in which case the rank is called "cadet"); all sworn police officers retain the rank of constable or higher: