Police ranks of the Arab Union

All police and other law enforcement agencies of the Arab Union use a set of standardised ranking systems, which differ only slightly between type of force. The ranking system for civilian law enforcement officers was established by the National Police Act, 2001, which effected a reorganisation of the law enforcement apparatus from a centralised to a more federated model, in which the vast majority of domestic law enforcement responsibilities, including all localised policing, was decentralised to each of the 20 republics' own Ministries of Interior.

Below is a detailed outline of ranking standards including insignia used by law enforcement personnel, with each section accounting for one of these standards.

National Police
The following ranking system is used by all national police agencies of the 20 republics and the Nasser City Police. Uniformed officers wear the rank insignia (which is identical across all agencies) on their epaulettes, and all officer identification cards have rank and corresponding insignia emblazoned below the badge and opposite the officer photo and officer number, allowing plainclothes/undercover officers to easily identify themselves as police officers when needed simply by displaying the identification card which is typically affixed to the interior of the officer's wallet.

* Rank applies only to civilian employees of the police, which includes police cadets as well as administrators and specialists such as forensic investigators.