Police ranks are a system of hierarchical relationships in police organizations. The rank system defines authority and responsibility in a police organization, and affects the culture within the police force. Police ranks, dependent on country, are similar to military ranks in function and design due to policing in many countries developing from military organizations and operations, such as in western Europe, former Soviet countries, and English-speaking countries. Usually, uniforms denote the bearer's rank by particular insignia affixed to the uniforms. Rank is not only used to designate leadership, but to establish pay-grade as well. As rank increases, pay-grade follows, but so does the amount of responsibility. Albania Algeria Andorra Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Argentine Federal Police Officers Others Buenos Aires Provincial Police Armenia Officers Enlisted Australia Example Austria Commissioners Leading officers Supervising officers and police officers Azerbaijan Officers Enlisted Bangladesh Superior officers Subordinate officers Belarus Officers Other Belgium Bermuda Bolivia Officers Others Bosnia and Herzegovina Republika Srpska Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Brazil has several different police forces, each with its own ranks. At a federal level, there are the Federal Police (, the equivalent to the FBI), the Federal Highway Police () and the Federal Railroad Police (). At a state level, there are the military police (, a gendarmerie type force unlike the military police of many other countries, the Brazilian equivalent of which is the army police) and the civil police (). At city level, there is the Municipal Guards (). Civil police The Brazilian Civil Police rank follows, from higher to lower, as: Comissário/Delegado (Commissioner/Delegate) Escrivão (Clerk) Agente/Investigador/Inspetor/Especialista (Agent/Investigator/Inspector/Specialist) Perito criminal (Forensics expert) Military police The following details the ranks of the military police, which are also used by the National Public Security Force. The ranks are valid for the state military police agencies (such as the Military Police of Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro) and are listed, respectively, from higher to lower ranks: Officers Others Brunei Gazetted officers Non gazetted officers Bulgaria Officers Others Canada While some smaller or area specific police forces (ports, docks, tunnels etc.) may use variations on, or fewer of, these ranks, most territorial police forces and special police forces have a standard set of operational ranks based on either of the two systems shown here: Royal Canadian Mounted Police Officers Others Sûreté du Québec Chad Officers Enlisted Chile These are the ranks used by Chilean police services. Investigations