Senior sergeant

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 Metropolitan Police or a Lieutenant in the Los Angles Police Department.

Countries

Denmark

In the Danish Defence, there are two senior sergeant ranks, Oversergent (lit. 'Upper/Senior sergeant') and Seniorsergent (lit. 'Senior sergeant'). 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
Danish	Seniorsergent	Oversergent
Royal Danish Army
English	Warrant officer class II	Sergeant first class
Royal Danish Navy
English	Senior chief petty officer	Chief petty officer
Royal Danish Air Force
English	Warrant officer	Flight sergeant

Russia

Senior sergeant (Russian: Ста́рший сержант, romanized: Stárshiy serzhant) is the designation to the second highest rank in the non-commissioned officer's career group in the Army, Airborne troops, and Air Force of the Russian Federation. The rank is equivalent to Glavny starshina in Navy.

The rank was introduced in the Red Army in 1940.