of July 30, 2002 No. ZR-401
About service in police
Accepted by National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia on July 3, 2002
1. This Law regulates the basic principles of service in polices, procedure for service in polices and conditions of service, the right, obligation, responsibility, the legal and social guarantees of employees connected with service, positions and ranks of police, other main relations connected with service.
1. The service in police is type of public service which features are determined by this Law.
Proceeding from features of separate services and positions in police on civil service in police in the procedure established by this Law citizens of the Republic of Armenia can arrive.
The special civil service is type of public service.
The special civil service irrespective of change of ratio of political forces is the professional activity directed to implementation of the separate functions allocated for police by the legislation of the Republic of Armenia.
2. The service in police is performed by means of one-man management and centralized management with respect for the principles of legality, respect of the rights and freedoms, honor and advantage of man and citizen, principles of humanity and publicity.
The service in police will be organized also by the principle of rotation of employees of police. Rotation is transfer of employees of police into equivalent positions with frequency of times in three years.
The list of employees of police, rotation subjects, and procedure of rotation are established by the order of the head of authorized body of public administration in the field of internal affairs (further - Authorized body).
3. The service in police is regulated by the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia, this Law, the Law of the Republic of Armenia "About police", the Law of the Republic of Armenia "About bases of administration and administrative production", other laws and legal acts, international treaties of the Republic of Armenia.
In polices, that is those service duties, non-execution or improper execution of which can result rules of office discipline in disciplinary responsibility, are established by the normative order of the head of Authorized body and other regulatory legal acts.
4. Military accounting of employees in police is performed by police according to the procedure, established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia.
1. The citizen of the Republic of Armenia who serves in police is considered the employee of police, took the oath of the employee of police, holds position of any group, the stipulated in Clause 4 presents of the Law, and has police or military rank or in the procedure established by this Law consists in reserve of personnel or the operating reserve of personnel of police.
Also the citizens of the Republic of Armenia holding police positions which study according to the educational programs performed for position assignment in the polices which are trained within the state order in educational institutions of Authorized body of the Republic of Armenia, and also trained within the state order in educational institution of the Republic of Armenia or foreign states in the direction Authorized body of the Republic of Armenia (further - the cadet) are considered as employees of police.
The employee of police, except for the employee holding position of police of the highest group can be the citizen of other state at the same time.
2. The employee of police is government employee.
1. Police positions are classified by the following groups:
1) the highest positions of police:
- chief of police,
- The top military commander of police of the Republic of Armenia - the deputy chief constable,
- The chief of the Main management - the deputy chief constable;
2) main positions of police:
- chief of head department,
- deputy chief of head department,
- head of department,
- deputy head of department,
- head of department;
3) senior positions of police:
- assistant department head,
- chief of department;
4) average positions of police:
- deputy chief of department,
- the chief inspector according to especially important orders, the chief inspector of criminal police on especially important issues, the local police officer, the senior local police officer, the senior local police officer on especially important issues, the senior patrolman;
- chief inspector, senior criminal police officer, senior patrolman,
- inspector, criminal police, patrolman;
5) positions of police of younger group:
- junior inspector, junior patrolman,
- senior police officer,
- police officer.
2. The nomenclature of the positions equated to the main positions included in separate groups of positions of Police is established by the head of authorized body.
3. Compliance of the state bodies provided by paragraph one of part 10 of article 14 of this law and the positions provided by part of 1 this Article is established by the Government.
1. Police ranks are subdivided into the following groups:
1) the highest police ranks:
- police colonel general,
- police lieutenant general,
- police major general;
2) main police ranks:
- police lieutenant colonel;
3) senior rank of police:
- police lieutenant colonel;
3. 1) average positions of police:
- police major,
- police captain,
- senior police lieutenant,
- police lieutenant,
4) younger police ranks:
- senior corporal of police,
- corporal of police,
- police sergeant major,
- police staff sergeant,
- police sergeant,
- police lance sergeant.
2. Voided according to the Law of the Republic of Armenia of 20.12.2022 No. ZR-461
3. The main, senior, average and younger ranks of police are given to the employee by the official, competent to appoint the employee to the corresponding position of police or to see off him the order as pupil.
4. The police ranks are given in consecutive procedure according to the police rank provided on post, after fixed term - in 15-day time, except as specified, provided by this Law.
To the cadets, graduateds in a military academy, doctoral candidates sent on training in full-time in educational institutions of Authorized body of the Republic of Armenia or foreign states, the ranks are given according to positions which they held before training.
4.1. The employee of police sent to other state bodies or in the procedure established by international treaties in the international organizations, the ranks are given according to positions which they held prior to business trip. To the employee of police sent to the police (military) organizations to higher position, the next rank is given according to the position held in this organization.
5. The police ranks are given in individual procedure for life, except for the case provided by part 8 of this Article.
6. The words "in resignation" are added to rank of the employee who stopped service in police.
7. The employee of police, and also persons provided by part six of this Article in case of their condemnation for making of heavy or especially serious crime can be deprived of rank according to the procedure, established by the law.
8. In case of release from service in police on the basis, stipulated in Item 11.3 parts 1 of article 45 of this Law, the order on assignment to persons of rank it is declared invalid, and also in the course of the probation period established by part 7 of article 14 of this Law.
1. The highest ranks of police, except for the commander of troops of police, the Prime Minister according to the proposal of the head of Authorized body appropriates. In case with the commander of troops of police the highest rank of police is given by the President of the republic according to the proposal of the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister can provide the offer on own initiative or based on the petition of the head of Authorized body.
2. The proposal of the Prime Minister is submitted in writing and includes name, surname, middle name of person provided to assignment of rank, data on labor activity and rank.
3. The draft of the presidential decree of the republic about assignment of the highest rank of police, and in case of the petition of the head of Authorized body - also the petition which includes information established by part 2 of this Article is attached to the proposal of the Prime Minister.
3.1. The petition of the head of Authorized body is submitted according to the requirements established by parts 2 and 3 of this Article.
4. The president of the republic in three-day time after receipt of the proposal of the Prime Minister signs the draft of the decree attached to the offer or returns it to the Prime Minister with objections.
5. If the Prime Minister in five-day time does not accept objection of the President of the republic, then the President of the republic in three-day time after the expiration of five-day term signs the decree or appeals to the Constitutional court.
6. If the Constitutional court makes the decision on recognition of the offer provided by the Prime Minister to the President of the republic corresponding to the Constitution, then the President of the republic in three-day time signs the decree.
7. If the Constitutional court makes the decision on recognition of the offer provided by the Prime Minister to the President of the republic contradicting the Constitution, then the Prime Minister submits the new offer within five-day term according to the procedure, established by part 2 of this Article.
8. If the President of the republic does not fulfill the requirements established by parts 4-6 of this Article, then according to article 139 of the Constitution, the highest rank of police is considered appropriated to this person owing to the right from the date of following the expiration of the three-day term established by parts 4-6 of this Article about what the Prime Minister distributes the written announcement. The written announcement is signed by the Prime Minister and published on the official site of the Government.
9. In case of assignment of the highest rank of police by the Prime Minister the proposal of the head of Authorized body shall contain the data provided by part 2 of this Article.
1. Upper limit of the police ranks corresponding to the highest police positions is the police colonel general's rank.
2. Voided according to the Law of the Republic of Armenia of 18.12.2004 No. ZR-131.
3. Upper limit of the ranks of police corresponding to average positions of police is the police major's rank.
4. Upper limit of the police ranks corresponding to younger police positions is the rank of the senior corporal of police.
5. The rank corresponding to specific position of police is established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia.
6. For chiefs of the head departments established by structure of police, the chiefs holding the positions equated to them, persons holding positions of average group of Central office the rank one step higher than the maximum rank established for this position can be established.
1. For police ranks the following terms of period of service in police ranks are established:
1) younger police ranks:
- the police lance sergeant - 1 year,
- the police sergeant - 2 years,
- the police staff sergeant - 3 years,
- the police sergeant major - 3 years,
- the corporal of police - 4 years.
The term of period of service in rank of the senior corporal of police is not established;
2) senior police ranks:
- the police lieutenant - 2 years,
- the senior police lieutenant - 3 years,
- the police captain - 3 years;
2. 1) senior rank of police:
- the police lieutenant colonel – 5 years;
3) main rank of police:
- police colonel.
The term of period of service in ranks of the police colonel and in the highest police ranks is not established.
The procedure for assignment of police ranks is established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia.
2. In case of position assignment in police of the citizens who served (working) in police or in the bodies provided by this part, or having military or special rank or the class rank the rank of police according to its military or special rank or the class rank or rank in inventory is given. Compliance of the military ranks given in the system of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Armenia, bodies of homeland security, ranks of service of rescuing, ranks of justice and class ranks appropriated in criminal and executive service, Service on ensuring forced execution, the Investigative Committee, Special investigative service, Anti-corruption committee, Prosecutor's office of ranks in inventory to ranks of police establishes the Government.
2.1. Compliance of class ranks of civil servants to ranks of police, and also procedure and conditions of their assignment are established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia.
2.2. The class rank of special civil service, provided for position of special civil service is appropriated to the employee of police in case of appointment to the positions provided by part 2 of article 60.1 of this Law. If the rank of the employee of police is higher than the class rank corresponding to position of special civil service, then the maximum class rank provided for this position of special civil service is appropriated.
To the civil servant in case of position assignment, the stipulated in Article 4 presents of the Law, the rank of police according to the class rank of special civil service, but no more than maximum rank provided for this position is given. If the civil servant had higher rank of police, then in case of position assignment, the stipulated in Article 4 presents of the Law earlier, it remains.
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