Police ranks of British Columbia

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The following article deals with the ranking system of all police and related law enforcement agencies in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The ranking systems are mostly uniform depending on type of agency, as shown below.

County constabularies[edit | edit source]

All county constabularies (local civilian police) in BC use the same ranking system, as shown below:

Insignia PC rank LMC.png SG rank LMC.png SSG rank LMC.png PI rank LMC.png DI rank LMC.png DCI rank LMC.png SU rank LMC.png CS rank LMC.png ACC rank LMC.png DCC rank LMC.png CC rank LMC.png
# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Abbrev PI SG SSG PI DI DCI SU CS ACC DCC CC
Rank (Police) Constable Sergeant Staff Sergeant (Police) Inspector Detective Inspector Detective Chief Inspector Super-
intendent
Chief Super-
intendent
Assistant Chief Constable Deputy Chief Constable Chief Constable

BC Sheriff Service[edit | edit source]

# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Abbrev JD SD LD CD MD FD CD AUS US n/a
Rank Junior Deputy Sheriff Sergeant Deputy Sheriff Lieutenant Deputy Sheriff Captain Deputy Sheriff Major Deputy Sheriff First Deputy Sheriff Chief Deputy Sheriff Assistant Under-
sheriff
Under-
sheriff
Sheriff

BC Corrections[edit | edit source]

# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Abbrev PO JO SO PRO AS SU CS DW n/a
Rank Proba-
tionary Officer
Junior Officer Senior Officer Principal Officer Assistant Super-
intendent
Super-
intendent
Chief Super-
intendent
Deputy Warden Warden

County corrections[edit | edit source]

Each county has its own Department of Corrections, which administers all jails and remand centres in the county and its municipalities. All such correctional agencies use the following ranking system:

# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Abbrev JG JM RM AM FM SU CS DW n/a
Rank Jail Guard Jail Manager Remand Manager Assistant Manager Facility Manager Super-
intendent
Chief Super-
intendent
Deputy Warden Warden