of July 30, 2002 No. ZR-401
About service in police
Accepted by National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia on July 3, 2002
1. This law regulates the organization of police service, the principles, classification of positions, substitution of positions, assignment of ranks, dismissal from position, the termination of service, and also other relations connected with police service as separate type of public service.
1. The service in police will be organized and performed on the basis of the basic principles of public service determined in article 12 of the Law "About Public Service" and also according to the principles of legality, respect of human rights and freedoms and citizens, honor and advantage, humanity, by means of individual and centralized management.
Part 1 of Article 2 becomes effective for the sixtieth day after date of official publication of this Law - since December 26, 2025.
2. This law extends also to employees of police of division of authorized body of the public administration in the field of internal affairs (further - authorized body) performing functions of internal control.
3. The service in police will also be organized by the principle of rotation of police officers. Rotation is transfer of police officers into equal positions each three years.
4. The list of employees of police, rotation subjects, and procedure for carrying out rotation are established by the order of the head of authorized body.
5. The service in police is regulated by the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia, international treaties of the Republic of Armenia, the laws "About Police", "About Service in Police", "About Public Service", "About Civil Service" and other legal acts.
6. The questions concerning employment relationships of employees of police, which are not regulated by this law are regulated by the laws "About Public Service" and "About Civil Service".
7. If employment relationships of employees of police are not governed by the legal acts determined in part 6 of this Article, they are regulated by the labor law of the Republic of Armenia.
8. The relations connected with system of ethics of police service are regulated by the laws "About Public Service" and "Code of ethics and discipline of police".
9. Military accounting of employees of police is performed by police according to the procedure, established by the Government.
1. The citizen of the Republic of Armenia who arrived on service according to the procedure, established by this Law, taken the oath of the police officer, holding position in any group, certain article 4 of this Law, and having police rank, or being in reserve of personnel of police or in the active reserve of personnel according to the procedure established by this Law is considered police officer.
Also the citizens of the Republic of Armenia holding police positions which study according to the educational programs performed for position assignment in the polices which are trained within the state order in educational institutions of Authorized body of the Republic of Armenia, and also trained within the state order in educational institution of the Republic of Armenia or foreign states in the direction Authorized body of the Republic of Armenia (further - the cadet) are considered as employees of police.
The employee of police, except for the employee holding position of police of the highest group can be the citizen of other state at the same time.
2. The employee of police is government employee.
1. Police positions are classified by the following groups:
1) the highest positions of police:
- chief of police,
- The commander of police protection of the Republic of Armenia - the deputy chief constable,
- The chief of the Main management - the deputy chief constable;
- Head of department of internal security and fight against corruption of authorized body.
2) main positions of police:
- chief of head department,
- deputy chief of head department,
- head of department,
- deputy head of department,
- head of department;
3) senior positions of police:
- assistant department head,
- chief of department;
4) average positions of police:
- deputy chief of department,
- the chief inspector according to especially important orders, the chief inspector of criminal police on especially important issues, the local police officer, the senior local police officer, the senior local police officer on especially important issues, the senior patrolman;
- chief inspector, senior criminal police officer, senior patrolman,
- inspector, criminal police, patrolman;
5) positions of police of younger group:
- junior inspector, junior patrolman,
- senior police officer,
- police officer.
2. The nomenclature of the positions equated to the main positions included in separate groups of positions of Police is established by the head of authorized body.
3. Compliance of the state bodies provided by paragraph one of part 10 of article 14 of this law and the positions provided by part of 1 this Article is established by the Government.
1. Police ranks are subdivided into the following groups:
1) the highest police ranks:
- police colonel general,
- police lieutenant general,
- police major general;
2) main police ranks:
- police lieutenant colonel;
3) senior rank of police:
- police lieutenant colonel;
3. 1) average positions of police:
- police major,
- police captain,
- senior police lieutenant,
- police lieutenant,
4) younger police ranks:
- senior corporal of police,
- corporal of police,
- police sergeant major,
- police staff sergeant,
- police sergeant,
- police lance sergeant.
2. Voided according to the Law of the Republic of Armenia of 20.12.2022 No. ZR-461
3. The main, senior, average and younger ranks of police are given to the employee by the official, competent to appoint the employee to the corresponding position of police or to see off him the order as pupil.
4. The police ranks are given in consecutive procedure according to the police rank provided on post, after fixed term - in 15-day time, except as specified, provided by this Law.
To the cadets, graduateds in a military academy, doctoral candidates sent on training in full-time in educational institutions of Authorized body of the Republic of Armenia or foreign states, the ranks are given according to positions which they held before training.
4.1. The employee of police sent to other state bodies or in the procedure established by international treaties in the international organizations, the ranks are given according to positions which they held prior to business trip. To the employee of police sent to the police (military) organizations to higher position, the next rank is given according to the position held in this organization.
5. The police ranks are given in individual procedure for life, except for the case provided by part 8 of this Article.
6. The words "in resignation" are added to rank of the employee who stopped service in police.
7. The employee of police, and also persons provided by part six of this Article in case of their condemnation for making of heavy or especially serious crime can be deprived of rank according to the procedure, established by the law.
8. In case of release from service in police on the basis, stipulated in Item 11.3 parts 1 of article 45 of this Law, the order on assignment to persons of rank it is declared invalid, and also in the course of the probation period established by part 7 of article 14 of this Law.
Article 5.1. Assignment of the highest police ranks
1. The highest police ranks are given by the Prime Minister according to the proposal of the head of authorized body.
2. The proposal of the head of authorized body is submitted in writing and includes name, surname, middle name of person provided for assignment of rank, data on labor activity and rank.
3. The draft decision of the Prime Minister about assignment of the highest rank of police is attached to the proposal of the head of authorized body.
1. Upper limit of the police ranks corresponding to the highest police positions is the police colonel general's rank.
2. Voided according to the Law of the Republic of Armenia of 18.12.2004 No. ZR-131.
3. Upper limit of the ranks of police corresponding to average positions of police is the police major's rank.
4. Upper limit of the police ranks corresponding to younger police positions is the rank of the senior corporal of police.
5. The rank corresponding to specific position of police is established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia.
6. For heads of the main divisions determined by structure of police, the heads holding positions equivalent to them, the senior staff of criminal police on especially important issues and the senior police officers on work with the population on especially important issues, and also persons holding positions in average group of central office the rank one level higher than the maximum rank established for this position can be established.
1. For police ranks the following terms of period of service in police ranks are established:
1) younger police ranks:
- the police lance sergeant - 1 year,
- the police sergeant - 2 years,
- the police staff sergeant - 3 years,
- the police sergeant major - 3 years,
- the corporal of police - 4 years.
The term of period of service in rank of the senior corporal of police is not established;
2) senior police ranks:
- the police lieutenant - 2 years,
- the senior police lieutenant - 3 years,
- the police captain - 3 years;
2. 1) senior rank of police:
- the police lieutenant colonel – 5 years;
3) main rank of police:
- police colonel.
The term of period of service in ranks of the police colonel and in the highest police ranks is not established.
The procedure for assignment of police ranks is established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia.
2. In case of position assignment in police of the citizens who served (working) in police or in the bodies provided by this part, or having military or special rank or the class rank the rank of police according to its military or special rank or the class rank or rank in inventory is given. Compliance of the military ranks given in the system of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Armenia, bodies of homeland security, ranks of service of rescuing, ranks of justice and class ranks appropriated in criminal and executive service, Service on ensuring forced execution, the Investigative Committee, Special investigative service, Anti-corruption committee, Prosecutor's office of ranks in inventory to ranks of police establishes the Government.
2.1. Compliance of class ranks of civil servants to ranks of police, and also procedure and conditions of their assignment are established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia.
2.2. The class rank of special civil service, provided for position of special civil service is appropriated to the employee of police in case of appointment to the positions provided by part 2 of article 60.1 of this Law. If the rank of the employee of police is higher than the class rank corresponding to position of special civil service, then the maximum class rank provided for this position of special civil service is appropriated.
To the civil servant in case of position assignment, the stipulated in Article 4 presents of the Law, the rank of police according to the class rank of special civil service, but no more than maximum rank provided for this position is given. If the civil servant had higher rank of police, then in case of position assignment, the stipulated in Article 4 presents of the Law earlier, it remains.
3. In case of initiation of disciplinary case or criminal prosecution concerning the police officer assignment to it the following rank is postponed until elimination of above-mentioned obstacles.
The term of period of service in police rank is estimated from the next day after signing of the order on assignment of this rank.
In case of calculation of term of assignment of the next rank time of service in reduced rank is excluded from it.
The employee of police can be recovered in rank based on the conclusion about office investigation with positive results not later than within 15 days after summing up office investigation.
Hindrance to receipt of rank by the employee of police according to the procedure and in the terms established by this Law attracts disciplinary responsibility.
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