AKS, AKM, and AK-74 automatic rifles. Police Workers Day Celebrated on 16 April, Police Workers Day () in Armenia commemorates personnel of the Police Central Body and the Police Troops. It was first celebrated in 2002 and was introduced year earlier by the National Assembly of Armenia. Traditionally, the President of Armenia and/or the Prime Minister of Armenia receives the salute at a ceremony in the Yerevan police headquarters. Ranks Police ranks are classified into the following groups: Higher ranks Colonel General of Police Lieutenant General of Police Major General of Police Chief ranks Police Colonel Senior ranks Police Lieutenant Colonel Subaltern ranks Police Major Police Captain Senior Police Lieutenant Police Lieutenant Junior ranks Senior Police NCO Police NCO Police Starshina Senior Police Sergeant Police Sergeant Junior Police Sergeant Education The Police Academy of Armenia, is the successor to the Secondary School of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which was founded in 1984. During the Soviet era, the Yerevan Higher School of the Ministry of Internal Affairs operated in the country. Equipment Small arms Armenian Police Vehicles See also Crime in Armenia Law of Armenia Ministry of Justice (Armenia) National Security Service (Armenia) Prosecutor General of Armenia References Links Official Website POLICE RA Vostikanutyun on YouTube Performances of the Police Band in 2017 and 2018 The Police Honour Guard National Central Bureaus of Interpol Armenia Law enforcement in Armenia Government agencies of Armenia