Brazilian Military Police

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A group of Polícia Militar troops from São Paulo

The Military Police (Portuguese: Polícia Militar, or PM) is the name of the preventive state police forces in Brazil. Each of the states of Brazil has their own corps of military police, which carries out preventive police duties, while the "Civil Police" carries out detective work, forensics and criminal investigation. The exact balance of the policing workload varies from state to state. For instance, in the State of Rio de Janeiro, where the military police has a particularly bad reputation, its duties are much more limited.

Although the name literally means military police, implying a gendarmerie, under normal circumstances these forces are under the authority of the state governor, as opposed to being a national institution, as is the norm in the Gendarmerie model. According to article 144 of the 1988 Brazilian Constitution, the Polícia Militar is constitutionally considered an auxiliary and potential reserve to the federal military forces, though subordinate to the state governors. They can, however, be compelled to federal service under a statute similar to posse comitatus[1]. In this regard they are somewhat comparable to the United States National Guard. In effect each Corps forms a state-level Gendarmerie, in that they are Military Forces tasked with law enforcement and internal security duties, rather than national defence, under the control of state, rather than federal government.

These forces are also distinct to the provost forces that police within the Brazilian military: The Army Police (Polícia do Exército), the Naval Police (Polícia da Marinha), and the Air Force Police (Polícia da Aeronaútica).

There is also a joint "Força Nacional de Segurança" ("National Security Force"), created under the presidency of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. This force is composed of the most qualified personnel from all the states, only to be used when the governor of a state asks for help to control a significant security crisis. It was used for the first time during riots in the state of Espírito Santo.

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[edit] Organization

The state corps are typically divided into battalions (Batalhões de Polícia Militar, BPM); the battalions are divided into companies (Companhias, Cia.); and the Companies are divided into "advanced posts" (Destacamento Policial Militar, DPM). Each of the state corps make their own choices regarding equipment, uniform, coat of arms and anthem. Each battalion in a corps may also have their own coat of arms.

[edit] Actions

The state corps typically have special units for riot control and special events, the Batalhão de Choque (Shock Battalion). They also contain their own special operations detachments, internal affairs services, canine, etc. Some also have cavalry units, Cavalaria. In some states, these units have different names.

[edit] Ranks

  • Soldado (Private)
  • Cabo (Corporal)
  • 3º Sargento (3rd Sergeant)
  • 2º Sargento (2nd Sergeant)
  • 1º Sargento (1st Sergeant)
  • Sub-Tenente (Sub Lieutenant)
  • Cadete (Cadet, years 1-3)
  • Aspirante (Student Officer, in training)
  • 2º Tenente (2nd Lieutenant)
  • 1º Tenente (1st Lieutenant)
  • Capitão (Captain)
  • Major
  • Tenente-Coronel (Lieutenant-Colonel)
  • Coronel (Colonel)

[edit] Polícia Militar Corps

  • Polícia Militar do Estado do Acre (PMAC)
  • Polícia Militar de Alagoas (PMAL)
  • Polícia Militar do Estado do Amapá (PMAP)
  • Polícia Militar do Estado do Amazonas (PMAM)
  • Polícia Militar do Estado da Bahia (PMBA)
  • Polícia Militar do Estado do Ceará (PMCE)
  • Polícia Militar do Estado do Espírito Santo (PMES)
  • Polícia Militar do Estado de Goiás (PMGO)
  • Polícia Militar do Estado do Maranhão (PMMA)
  • Polícia Militar do Estado de Mato Grosso (PMMT)
  • Polícia Militar do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul (PMMS)
  • Polícia Militar do Estado de Minas Gerais (PMMG)
  • Polícia Militar do Estado do Pará (PMPA)
  • Polícia Militar do Estado da Paraíba (PMPB)
  • Polícia Militar do Estado do Paraná (PMPR)
  • Polícia Militar do Estado de Pernambuco (PMPE)
  • Polícia Militar do Estado do Piauí (PMPI)
  • Polícia Militar do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (PMERJ)
  • Polícia Militar do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (PMRN)
  • Brigada Militar do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Polícia Militar do Estado de Rondônia (PMRO)
  • Polícia Militar do Estado de Roraima (PMRR)
  • Polícia Militar do Estado de Santa Catarina (PMSC)
  • Polícia Militar do Estado de São Paulo (PMSP)
  • Polícia Militar do Estado de Sergipe (PMSE)
  • Polícia Militar do Estado de Tocantins (PMTO)
  • Polícia Militar do Distrito Federal (PMDF)

[edit] See also

[edit] External links


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