Duties of a Constable in the UK include:

- Keeping the peace

- Protection of Life and Limb
- Protection of Property
- Detection and Prevention of Crime.
You can also do the horizontal progression and move to the
missing person unit, or you can do the vertical progression which
is a sergeant.

Constable

Sergeant (normally abbreviated to "Sgt") is a rank used in some

form by most militaries, police forces, and other uniformed
organizations around the world. Its origins are the Latin serviens,
"one who serves", through the French term Sergent.They are field
supervisor for the patrol officers on the street. They help with getting
the right charges put on some one. A horizontal move from a
sergeant is a

Sergeant

Inspector is both a police rank and an administrative position, both

used in a number of contexts. However, it is not an equivalent rank
in each police force. Within the British police, inspector is the
second supervisory rank.

A vertical promotion means you get moved up to a chief inspector.

Inspector

In the British police, a Chief Inspector is senior to an Inspector and

junior to a Superintendent. It is approximately equivalent to the rank
of Captain in United States police forces.

Chief Inspector
 The rank of Superintendent is senior to Chief Inspector and junior to
Chief Superintendent. The rank badge is a crown worn on the epaulettes, the same as
a Major in the British Army.

Superintendent

In the British police, a Chief Superintendent (Ch Supt; or

colloquially "Chief Super") is senior to a Superintendent and junior
to an Assistant Chief Constable (or a Commander in the
Metropolitan Police or City of London Police).

Chief Superintendent

Within the British police, commander is a chief officer rank in the

two police forces responsible for law enforcement within London
Commander

Deputy Assistant Commissioner (DAC) is a rank in

London's Metropolitan Police Service between Assistant
Commissioner and Commander. It is equivalent to
Deputy Chief Constable in other British police forces and
wears the same insignia: a pip above crossed tipstaves within
a wreath.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner
Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (AC) is the
third highest rank in the London Metropolitan Police, ranking
between Deputy Assistant Commissioner and Deputy
Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis. The Assistant Commissioner is also the
second-in-command of the City of London Police, ranking between Commander and
Commissioner. The rank is not used in other British police forces.

Assistant Commissioner

The Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis,

commonly referred to simply as the Deputy Commissioner, is the
second-in-command of London's Metropolitan Police Service.
The rank is senior to Assistant Commissioner, but junior by one
rank to Commissioner. The Deputy Commissioner's salary from
1 September 2010 is £214,722, making him the second highest
paid British police officer
Deputy Commissioner

Commissioner is a senior rank used in many police forces and

may be rendered Police Commissioner or Commissioner of
Police. In some organizations, the commissioner is a political
appointee, and may or may not actually be a professional
police officer. In these circumstances, there is often a
professional chief of police in charge of day-to-day operations.
Usually, however, the commissioner is the professional head of
the organization.

Commissioner