{{Short description|Police officer rank}} {{also|Chief inspector}} '''Senior inspector''', also '''police senior inspector''' or '''senior''' '''inspector of police''' or Police Captain, is a police rank. The rank or position varies in seniority depending on the organization that uses it.
== Bosnia == In Bosnia's Police of Republika Srpska, senior inspector is lower than an independent inspector but higher than a full inspector.<ref name="Srpska">{{cite web |title=Policijski činovi u MUP RS |trans-title=Police ranks in the RS Ministry of the Interior |url=https://mup.vladars.net/lat/index.php?vijest=galerija&kategorija=20 |access-date=13 January 2021 |publisher=Republika Srpska. MUP |language=sr |archive-date=29 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029230934/https://mup.vladars.net/lat/index.php?vijest=galerija&kategorija=20 |url-status=dead }}</ref><gallery> File:Viši inspektor Republika Srpska 2014.png|Republika Srpska </gallery>
== Brunei == Royal Brunei Police Force use this rank, and it was lower than an assistant superintendent and higher than a full inspector.<ref name="Brunei">{{cite web |title=Royal Brunei Police Force |url=http://www.uniforminsignia.org/index.php/component/insigniasearch/?result=2335 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320212143/http://www.uniforminsignia.org/index.php/component/insigniasearch/?result=2335 |archive-date=20 March 2020 |access-date=20 March 2020 |website=International Encyclopedia of Uniform Insignia}}</ref> <gallery> File:RBPF OF-1c - SI (since 2004).gif|Brunei </gallery>
== Bulgaria == In Bulgarian police, was higher than an inspector first grade while lower than a police<gallery> File:BG_Senior_Police_Inspector.jpg|Bulgaria </gallery>
== Estonia == The Estonian Police and Border Guard Board use this rank, it was below a chief inspector, but higher than a full inspector.<ref name="Estonia">[https://www2.politsei.ee/et/organisatsioon/politsei-ja-piirivalveamet/sumboolika/olakud-ja-varrukaembleem.dot "Politseiametnike teenistusastme tunnused." ''Politsei- ja Piirivalvetamet.''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322225539/https://www2.politsei.ee/et/organisatsioon/politsei-ja-piirivalveamet/sumboolika/olakud-ja-varrukaembleem.dot|date=2020-03-22}} Retrieved 2020-03-22.</ref><ref name="Estonia2">[https://www.riigiteataja.ee/aktilisa/0000/1325/1610/13253703.pdf# "Politseiametnike teenistusastme tunnused." ''Kaitsepolitseiameti politseiametniku vormiriietuse ja eraldusmärkide kirjeldus.''] Retrieved 2020-03-23.</ref><gallery> File:Estonia-Police-Vanemassistent.svg|Estonia </gallery>
== Germany == In Germany's Bundespolizei (Federal Police), it was lower than a chief inspector and higher than a full inspector.<ref name="BP">[https://www.komm-zur-bundespolizei.de/blog/zeig-mir-deine-schulter "Zeig' mir deine Schulter!" ''Bundespolizei.''] Retrieved 2021-01-25.</ref><ref name="BBG">[https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bbesg/BJNR011740975.html "Bundesbesoldungsgesetz." ''Bundesministerium der Justiz und Verbraucherschutz.''] Retrieved 2021-01-25.</ref><gallery> File:Deutsche Bundespolizei - Gehobener Dienst 01a.gif|Germany </gallery>
== Hong Kong == In Hong Kong, like in the Philippines, senior inspector is lower than a chief inspector, but higher than a full inspector.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Organization Structure: Organization Chart of HKPF {{!}} Hong Kong Police Force |url=https://www.police.gov.hk/ppp_en/01_about_us/os_chart.html |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=www.police.gov.hk |language=en-hk}}</ref><gallery> File:HKPF SIP.png|Hong Kong </gallery>
== Lesotho == Lesotho Mounted Police Service's version of the rank, it was lower than an superintendent and higher than a full inspector.<gallery> File:Lesotho Mounted Police Service Senior Inspector.svg|Lesotho </gallery>
== Lithuania == The senior inspector in Lithuanian police was lower than a commissioner inspector, and higher than a full inspector.<ref name="Lithuania1">[http://www.infolex.lt/ta/41119:str25 ''Lietuvos Respublikos vidaus tarnybos statuto patvirtinimo įstatymas.''] Retrieved 2020-03-04.</ref><ref name="Lithuania2">[http://www.vgtu.lt/files/1624/81/4/15_0/vidaus-tarnybos-pareigunu-laipsniai.pdf Gintaras Paulaskas "Vidaus tarnybos pareigūnų laipsniai."] Retrieved 2020-03-04.</ref><gallery> File:Lithuanian police OF-1a Vyresnysis inspectorius.svg|Lithuania </gallery>
== North Macedonia == Senior inspector in North Macedonian Police was higher than an inspector but lower than an assistant chief inspector.<ref>{{cite journal |date=21 October 2007 |title= |script-title=mk:Уредба За Начинот На Стекнување На Звањата И Ознаките На Звањата На Полициските Службеници |trans-title= |url=http://www.mvr.gov.mk/Upload/Documents/Uredba%20za%20steknuvanje%20na%20zvanjata%20i%20oznakite%20na%20policijata%20140-07.pdf |journal=Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia |language=mk |issue=140}}</ref><gallery> File:Vis Inspektor.png|North Macedonia </gallery>
== Philippines == {{See also|Police captain}}
The rank of Senior Inspector in the Philippine National Police was higher than an inspector, but lower than a chief inspector. The rank was replaced by the rank of Police Captain in 2019<ref>{{Cite web |title=New PNP rank classification removes confusion in calling cops {{!}} Philippine News Agency |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1062633 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241210173126/https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1062633 |archive-date=2024-12-10 |access-date=2026-05-27 |website=www.pna.gov.ph |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranada |first=Pia |date=2019-02-21 |title=From SPO1 to sergeant: New law gives military rank names to police |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/224049-new-law-gives-police-military-rank-names/ |access-date=2026-05-27 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}}</ref>. However, the Bureau of Fire Protection and the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology still use it.<gallery> File:Philippines-Police-OF-2.svg|Philippines </gallery>
== South Korea == In South Korean police, the Senior inspector rank was lower than a superintendent, and higher than a full inspector.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-29 |title=Death highlights cracks in system |url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2013/10/29/socialAffairs/Death-highlights-cracks-in-system/2979633.html |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=koreajoongangdaily.joins.com |language=en}}</ref><gallery> File:South Korea-Police-Senior Inspector.svg|South Korea </gallery>
== Vanuatu == The senior inspector in Vanuatu Police is lower than a chief inspector, but higher than a full inspector.<ref name="Vanuatu_Police">{{cite web |title=Vanuatu Consolidated Subsidiary Legislation |url=http://www.paclii.org/cgi-bin/sinodisp/vu/legis/consol_sub/pr124/pr124.html |access-date=19 February 2021 |website=paclii.org |publisher=Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute}}</ref><gallery> File:Vanuatu Police OF1-a.svg|Vanuatu</gallery> == See also == * List of police ranks
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