<![CDATA[Symbols play an important role in representing the identity, authority, values, and characteristics of law enforcement institutions. This study aims to identify and analyze the meanings of symbols used by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and the Indonesian National Police (POLRI) based on Charles Sanders Peirce’s semiotic theory and to compare their similarities and differences. This study employed a qualitative descriptive method with a comparative approach. Data were collected through documentation of official institutional symbols and analyzed using Peirce’s triadic model of representamen, object, and interpretant. The findings show that police symbols represent institutional identity, authority, professionalism, and organizational values. Similarities are found in their functions and institutional roles, while differences appear in their visual forms, meanings, historical backgrounds, cultural influences, and national identities. British police symbols reflect traditions associated with constitutional monarchy, whereas POLRI symbols reflect Pancasila, nationalism, and the principles of the Republic of Indonesia. The study concludes that police symbols convey meanings shaped by their visual forms as well as historical, cultural, social, and political contexts.]]>
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