National Police Cadet Corps - Ranks

Ranks

Cadets
The ranks that a student can receive as a cadet in his secondary school are as follows:(top row)

• Cadet - analogous to Private
• Lance Corporal
• Corporal
• Sergeant
• Staff Sergeant
• Station Inspector

Instructors & Officers
This category of ranks comprises from student volunteers to volunteers, teachers and also staff personnel from the Home Team. Ranks are as follows:(bottom row)

• Cadet Inspector Trainee (CIT (NPCC))
• Cadet Inspector (CI (NPCC))
• Senior Cadet Inspector (SCI (NPCC))
• Inspector (Insp (NPCC) or H/Insp (NPCC))
• Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP (NPCC) or H/ASP (NPCC))
• Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP (NPCC) or H/DSP (NPCC))

Cadet Inspector
Cadet Inspectors (CIs) are cadets whom, after graduating from secondary school, continue to contribute so as to serve NPCC as youth volunteer leaders. They are required to go through a Cadet Inspectors' Basic Training Course, by which they must meet prerequisites in proficiency standards in order to be accepted into the course. Graduands who have successfully completed the course will be assigned the rank of Probationary Cadet Inspector(P/CI) and posted to a Unit(Usually the former secondary school, or other schools) to serve his/her duty. Upon confirmation of service, a P/CI shall be promoted to the rank of CI. The primary role and task of a CI is to assist the Officers in planning and executing trainings for the Units cadets. CIs are also often involved in National events such as the NPCC Annual Parade, Singapore Youth Festival Opening Ceremony, National Day Parade & National Camp.

The rank of Senior Cadet Inspector (SCI) was introduced in 2006. A Cadet Inspector with at least 2 years' service may be nominated for promotion to this rank by their Unit Officers. In September 2009, near to 20 CIs were promoted to SCI in recognition of their service and commitment to the Corps.

Honorary Instructors

• Honorary Instructor (HI (NPCC))
• Senior Honorary Instructor (SHI (NPCC))
• Master Honorary Instructor (MHI (NPCC))

Honorary Instructors are adult leaders of at least age 21 who contribute to NPCC mostly in the area of training. They are not required to go through any training course, though male Honorary Instructors must have completed their National Service.

In the past Honorary Instructors held either the rank of Senior Station Inspector or Senior Cadet Inspector, depending on whether or not they were a former Cadet Inspector.

With effect from 2006, the Honorary Instructor scheme was changed to a non-uniformed scheme. An Honorary Instructor may be promoted to Senior Honorary Instructor after 6 years' service and Master Honorary Instructor after 12 years' service. Most of the existing Honorary Instructors chose to convert to Honorary Officer scheme, if eligible.

Officers and Honorary Officers

• Probationary Inspector (P/Insp (NPCC) or P/H^/Insp (NPCC))
• Inspector (Insp (NPCC) or H/Insp (NPCC))
• Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP (NPCC) or H/ASP (NPCC))
• Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP (NPCC) or H/DSP (NPCC))

Officers of NPCC are mostly teachers who are appointed by their Principal to take charge of the NPCC CCA in schools. They must first undergo an Officer's Basic Training Course before being appointed as Probationary Inspector (NPCC). After 1 year of service he may then be confirmed to the rank of Inspector (NPCC).

Honorary Officers are adult leaders who contribute to NPCC in the area of either administration or training. Most active Honorary Officers are undergraduates from NUS and NTU, but some are working adults who have served the Corps for a long time. They are distinguished from Officers by having the letter H prefixed to their rank.

Honorary Officers must also go through an Honorary Officers' Basic Training Course, and must also have at least a Diploma or its equivalent.

Promotion of NPCC Officers and Honorary Officers is based on availability of vacancy and performance. All ranks of NPCC have the suffix (NPCC) to distinguish them from ranks of the SPF.