At some point in or before 2012, rank insignias worn by the various municpal police forces of the province of Quebec began to be standardised to a greater level then they had been before Although the exact piece of legislation that introduced the new standards has yet to be found online, comparing pictures of officers taken before 2012 and after do indeed show that they have been standardised (The SQ kept its insignias and the SPVM is a special case). The new insignias appear to be inspired by both the SQ (sergent to inspecteur-chef) and the SPVM ones (directeurs).