Suboficial Técnico de Primera

00:48 Dec 6, 2021 

Selecting a target variety as part of one's overall approach is appropriate. And in this context where there may not be national police forces (that immediately come to mind) in the English-speaking world, the next best option might be state or provincial forces, so the U.S. with its 50 state police forces might be useful here, as would the 14 state police forces in Australia, the various provinces of Canada, the force in Scotland, and the one in Northern Ireland.

00:39 Dec 6, 2021 

The USA has numerous police forces and they don't all have the same rank system. Nuff said.

00:37 Dec 6, 2021 

Thank you for your replies. The target audience is the USA.

00:26 Dec 6, 2021 

Could be just about anywhere. IMO it is dangerous and confusing to mushroom this into a so-called equivalent police rank in another country. A country-neutral term is called for which leaves it crystal clear that this is from Peru.

10:54 Dec 5, 2021 

... which is why I did not say 'where we are' ... just 'where we're going' :-) i.e., the target variety/country

10:51 Dec 5, 2021 

At the top the country is stated. It is Peru. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Police_of_Peru
From the link, you will note that "Suboficial Técnico Primero", "Suboficial Técnico Segundo" and "Suboficial Técnico Tercero" have an equivalent NATO ranking of WO-3, WO-2, and WO-1 and corresponds to the category of "Chief Warrant Officer" (WO-3, 2) and Warrant Officer (WO-1) which I understand is no longer in use. https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Policía_Nacional_del_Perú and https://www.google.com/search?q=Chief Warrant officer "subof...

08:56 Dec 5, 2021 

Knowing where we're going would be helpful, particularly important in this context perhaps, where police ranks should be fairly easy to find. Of course, there is no national police, as such, in the US, nor in the UK, so the various U.S. state police departments might be helpful (for the New Jersey State Police ranks I've come across, see below).

Police technician.
Police officer/patrol officer/police detective.
Police corporal.
Police sergeant.
Police lieutenant.
Police captain.
Deputy police chief.
Chief of police.