Police and military personnel have a lot in common or close. Moreover, both in content and in form. In particular, in the form of clothing. Police officers are united with soldiers and officers of the Armed Forces, for example, wearing shoulder straps and awarding special ranks - from ordinary to general.
Department of the Interior
One of the largest organizations in the Russian law enforcement system is the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of the Interior, headed by Colonel-General of Police Vladimir Kolokoltsev. The employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are awarded special ranks of one of the three possible categories as the length of service: police, internal service or justice. Initial in all three categories is ordinary. The maximum - the rank of general of the police of the Russian Federation not yet awarded to anyone.
Special ranks of the police of the Russian Federation can only be obtained by adult citizens of Russia who have joined the internal affairs bodies and who have been appointed to one of the positions of rank-and-file or command staff. In accordance with the Federal Law on the Police, these ranks are almost identical to the special military. There are two exceptions - corporals and marshals are absent, and the highest rank is the police general of the Russian Federation. The main difference from similar army ranks is that an additional noun, “police, ” is spoken and written.
Compositions
The youngest of the five possible staffs is ordinary. Ordinary policemen have no insignia. An exception is only cadets of educational institutions, on the shoulder straps of which there is the letter "K". The junior commanding staff includes sergeants, foremen and ensigns of the police. At the first on the shoulder straps there are strips (stitches) - two, three or one wide, denoting respectively a junior sergeant, sergeant and senior sergeant of police.
On the shoulder straps of the foreman of the police one long vertical strip. The police ensign can be distinguished by two small vertical stars, the senior police ensign has three such stars. The middle commanding staff is at the same time the first officer. It includes junior lieutenants (one small star) that have almost disappeared in the Russian army, as well as lieutenants (two horizontal stars), senior lieutenants (three) and captains (four). All shoulder straps held one vertical strip - the so-called clearance.
