Article 7 of the RA Law Police Service provide that the ranks of the police are conferred personally and posthumously.
For police ranks the following terms of a period of service in police ranks are stipulated:
1. Junior ranks of Police:
• Police Junior Sergeant, 1 year,
• Police Sergeant, 2 years,
• Police Senior Sergeant, 3 years,
• Police Sergeant Major, 3 years,
• Police Warrant Officer, 4 years.
The term of a period of service in a rank of the senior Warrant Officer of the Police is not stipulated.
2. Mid-ranks of Police:
• Police Junior Lieutenant, 1 year,
• Police Lieutenant, 2 years,
• Police Senior Lieutenant, 3 years,
• Police Captain, 3 years,
• Police Major, 4 year.
For service as a Police Colonel and for highest rank officers of Police the terms are not stipulated.