Provost Sergeant

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A Provost Sergeant is a non-commissioned officer associated with military police.

[edit] United Kingdom and Commonwealth

In the British Army and land forces of the Commonwealth, a Provost Sergeant (PS) is the non-commissioned officer in charge of the regimental police and is the senior law enforcement officer in each regiment or battalion. The PS is a member of the regiment or corps in which he serves and not a member of the Royal Military Police. While a Provost Sergeant holds the military rank of Sergeant, the Provost Sergeant title is a position and not a formal rank itself. A Provost Sergeant wears no distinctive trade badge. He can, however, be identified by the brassard he wears on his uniform, which carries the letters "PS" as well as his sergeant's stripes.

[edit] United States

In the United States Army Military Police Corps, the title of Provost Sergeant typically refers to the operations sergeant in charge of the staff of the Provost Marshal office or the NCO in charge of an MP station. The position is commonly held by a Master Sergeant, but may also be held by a Sergeant First Class or Staff Sergeant. U.S. Army Provost Sergeants can rarely be recognized by any specific insignia, and few Provost Sergeants even wear the distinctive military police brassard issued to them on their battle dress uniform.