Gazetted officer (Sri Lanka)
A gazetted officer is a police officer in the Sri Lanka Police Service whose name is published in the The Sri Lanka Gazette. As such, they are similar to commissioned officers in the armed forces.
The Officer in Charge of a police station is a junior gazetted officer as well as the head on an investigation team. It is common to find a separate mess, a gazetted officer's mess, at large police installations such as national, regional police HQs and the Police Field Force HQ.
Ranks
- Gazetted officers
- Inspector General of Police (IGP)
- Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police (SDIG)
- Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG)
- Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP)
- Superintendent of Police (SP)
- Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP)
Non-Gazetted Officers
Non-Gazetted Officers are made up of Police,
- Chief Inspector of Police (CIP)
- Inspector of Police (IP)
- Sub Inspector of Police (SI)
- Sergeant Majors, Police Sergeants and Police Constables.
Unlike gazetted officers the wear a police number. They are similar to other ranks in the armed forces.