Sri Lanka
This rank is used Sri Lanka where the officer is supposed to be in the Sri Lanka Police Service (where it is denoted by one, two or three stars depending on seniority) and the police forces of a number of other Commonwealth countries. In the Sri Lanka Police Service, assistant superintendent of police (ASP) is the lowest rank of senior gazetted officer. The rank is above the rank of chief inspector of police (CIP) and below an superintendent of police (SP). Generally an ASP would be the in command of a group of police stations in a police division.
Most assistant superintendents are directly recruited into the police service as probationary assistant superintendents for one year's training. The basic educational entry requirement is that an applicant is a graduate. Annually certain number of Gazetted Officers who have come up through the ranks are promoted to rank of ASP.
The rank insignia for a assistant superintendent is the national court of arms, similar to an Army major.
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