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Every police officer in the United Kingdom is issued with a warrant number at their date of joining. This warrant number remains with them throughout their career and is visible on their shoulder epaulette up to and including the rank of sergeant.

Warrant numbers are not national, therefore there will be more than one "PC 123" in the United Kingdom.

Divisional Warrant Numbers
Larger forces such as the Metropolitan Police also assign a divisional warrant number to officers, these divisional warrant numbers have a divisional prefix consisting of one or two letters. This is due to the large number of officers in that force, With over 20,000 officers it would get silly displaying 12,578 on your shoulder!

Click here for the Metropolitan Police Ranking system

City Of London Police Rank Structure

The City of London has a slight variation from this above the rank of Chief Superintendent.
This is:

  • Commissioner
  • Assistant Commissioner
  • Commander

    Metropolitan Police Rank Structure

    The Metropolitan Police have a similar structure above Chief Superintendent with

  • Commissioner
  • Deputy Commissioner
  • Assistant Commissioner
  • Deputy Assistant Commissioner
  • Commander