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Senior sergeant

Non-commissioned officer military or police rank

Summary

Non-commissioned officer military or police rank

A senior sergeant is often a rank of non-commissioned officer used in the armed forces of many nations. It is usually placed above sergeant.

Police in Australia and New Zealand use the rank senior sergeant as a rank above sergeant, but below an inspector. The rank is equivalent to an inspector in the London Metropolitan Police or a lieutenant in the Los Angeles Police Department.

Countries

Australia

Other than for the Australian Federal Police, senior sergeant exists for the Australian police ranks. In Tasmania Police, senior sergeant is a title, within the rank of sergeant.

Denmark

In the Danish Defence, there are two senior sergeant ranks, Oversergent () and Seniorsergent (). However, the Danish Defence officially translates the rank with the equivalents in the British Armed Forces, as such the ranks have different official translations depending on the branch.

NATO Code		OR-8		OR-7
Seniorsergent	Oversergent
****	[[File:Denmark-Army-OR-8a-M11.svg	50px]]	[[File:Denmark-Army-OR-7-M11.svg	50px]]
Warrant officer class II	Sergeant first class
****	[[File:Rank insignia of seniorsergent of the Royal Danish Navy.svg	50px]]	[[File:Rank insignia of oversergent of the Royal Danish Navy.svg	50px]]
Senior chief petty officer	Chief petty officer
****	[[File:Denmark-AirForce-OR-8.svg	50px]]	[[File:Denmark-AirForce-OR-7.svg	50px]]
Warrant officer	Flight sergeant

Russia

Senior sergeant () is the designation to the second highest rank in the non-commissioned officer's career group in the army, airborne troops, naval infantry and air force of the Russian Federation. The rank is equivalent to glavny starshina in the navy.

The rank was introduced in the Red Army in 1940.

Insignia of senior sergeants

Army

blank.svg|ԱՎԱԳ ՍԵՐԺԱՆՏ Avag Serzhant (Armenian Ground Forces) OR-6 AZE ARMY.svg|Baş çavuş (Azerbaijani Land Forces) Russia-Army-OR-7-1994-field.svg|Старшы сяржант Staršy siaržant (Belarusian Ground Forces) Bosnia and Herzegovina Staff Sergeant Insignia.svg|Stariji vodnik (Bosnian Ground Forces) Rank insignia of Старши сержант of the Bulgarian Army.png|Старши сержант Starshi serzhant (Bulgarian Land Forces) Army-HRV-OR-07.svg|Nadnarednik (Croatian Army) Denmark-Army-OR-8a-M11.svg|Seniorsergent (Royal Danish Army) Estonia-Army-OR-5.svg|Vanemseersant (Estonian Ground Forces) File:Ylikersantti kauluslaatta.svg|Översergeant () (Finnish Army) Georgia-Army-OR-8.svg|უფროსი სერჟანტი Uprosi serzhant'i (Georgian Land Forces) 05-RKGF-SSGT.svg|Аға сержант Ağa serjant (Kazakh Ground Forces) 05.Kyrgyzstan Army-1SGT.svg|Улук сержант Uluk serjant (Kyrgyz Army) File:Lithuania-Army-OR-6.svg|Vyresnysis seržantas (Lithuanian Land Force) North-Macedonia-Army-OR-6.svg|Постар водник Postar vodnik (North Macedonian Ground Forces) Mongolian Army-SSG-service.svg|Aхлах ахлагч Akhlakh akhlagch (Mongolian Ground Force) 06-Montenegro Army-SSG.svg|Stariji vodnik (Montenegrin Ground Army) File:Norway-Army-OR-6 service.svg|Oversersjant (Norwegian Army) Army-POL-OR-06.svg|Starszy sierżant (Polish Army) Russia-Army-OR-6-2010.svg|Ста́рший сержа́нт Stárshiy serzhánt (Russian Ground Forces) 05-Serbian Army-SSG.svg|Старији водник Stariji vodnik (Serbian Army) 05-Slovenian Army-SSG.svg|Višji vodnik (Slovenian Ground Force) File:Sweden-Army-OR-6b (M1987).svg|Översergeant (Swedish Army) Tajikistan-Army-OR-7.png|Сержанти калон Serƶanti kalon (Tajik Ground Forces) Turkmenistan army OR-7.svg|Uly seržant (Turkmen Ground Forces) UA shoulder mark 05.svg|Старший сержант Starshyy serzhant (Ukrainian Ground Forces) Uzbek Army Rank-05.png|Katta serjant (Uzbek Ground Forces)

Police

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