Army Police (Brazil)
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Military police
Military police are police organisations connected with, or part of, the military of a state. The word can have different meanings in different countries, and may refer to:...
of the Brazilian Army
Brazilian Army
The Brazilian Army is the land arm of the Brazilian Military. The Brazilian Army has fought in several international conflicts, mostly in South America and during the 19th century, such as the Brazilian War of Independence , Argentina-Brazil War , War of the Farrapos , Platine War , Uruguayan War ...
. In the Brazilian Army, the Military Police is a specialty of Infantry. The operational units of the Army Police, there are several independent battalions and companies.
Members of the Brazilian Military Police identified by the use of helmet and black brassard
Brassard
A brassard or armlet is an armband or piece of cloth or other material worn around the upper arm, used as an item of military uniform to which rank badges may be attached instead of being stitched into the actual clothing...
s with the letters "PE" in white (or blue-collar and white helmet with red letters).
Duties
The activities undertaken by the PE are as follows:- Ensure compliance with the law, orders, and compliance with military regulations;
- Prevent crime
- Perform routine investigations in the Army;
- Traffic police and staff;
- Traffic control in military areas;
- Security of military installations and offices ;
- Escort of senior officials and military convoys;
- Safety and security of military and civilian personal;
- Criminal investigations;
- Guard prisoners at the disposal of military justice;
- Skill variety:
- scientific examinations;
- expert report of traffic accident;
- examinations in firearms;
- expert report on the projectile from a firearm, and
- examination of gunpowder residue;
- simulated reproduction of facts;
- technical report describing the scene;
- expert report Papiloscopia;
- expert report of assessment material.
- Control Disorders;
- Evacuation, control and custody of a prisoner of war;
- Arrest of deserters and escaped prisoners;
- Control of movement of civilian traffic;
- Escort convoys;
- Control of the area of public calamity, and
- Rear area security and occupation in case of war.
Army Police units
| UNIDADE | CIDADE |
|---|---|
| 33º Pelotão de Polícia do Exército | Marabá Marabá Maraba is a city in the state of Pará, Brazil. The reference location is the meeting point between two great rivers, forming a sort of "y" in the city as seen from above... |
| 12ª Companhia de Polícia do Exército | Manaus Manaus Manaus is a city in Brazil, the capital of the state of Amazonas. It is situated at the confluence of the Negro and Solimões rivers. It is the most populous city of Amazonas, according to the statistics of Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, and is a popular ecotourist destination.... |
| 22º Pelotão de Polícia do Exército | São Gabriel da Cachoeira São Gabriel da Cachoeira São Gabriel da Cachoeira is a city and a Municipality located on the Northern shores of the Rio Negro River, in the region of Cabeça do Cachorro, Amazonas state, Brazil. Between 1952 and 1966, it was officially called Uaupés, after the nearby Vaupés River. Most of its inhabitants are indigenous... |
| 34º Pelotão de Polícia do Exército | Tefé Tefé Tefé is a city and a municipality in the state of Amazonas in Brazil. Its population was 70,809 as of 2005 and its area is 23,704 km². It is located about 500 km to the west of Manaus on the south bank of the Rio Solimões.... |
| 17º Pelotão de Polícia do Exército | Porto Velho Porto Velho Porto Velho is the capital of the Brazilian state of Rondônia, in the upper Amazon River basin. The population is estimated to be 426,558 people... |
| 32º Pelotão de Polícia do Exército | Boa Vista Boa Vista -Places:* Boa Vista, Roraima, a city and capital of the state of Roraima in Brazil* Alto Boa Vista, city in Minas Gerais, Brazil* Boa Vista, Cape Verde, one of the Barlavento Islands of Cape Verde* Boa Vista, Paraíba, a city in Brazil... |
| 1º Batalhão de Polícia do Exército | Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th... |
| 1ª Companhia de Polícia do Exército | Rio de Janeiro |
| 22º Pelotão de Polícia do Exército | Niterói Niterói Niterói is a municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro, southeast region of Brazil. It has an estimated population of 487,327 inhabitants and an area of ², being the sixth most populous city in the state and the highest Human Development Index. Integrates the Metropolitan Region of Rio de... |
| 36º Pelotão de Polícia do Exército Pára-quedista | Rio de Janeiro |
| 5º Pelotão de Polícia do Exército | Rio de Janeiro |
| 9º Pelotão de Polícia do Exército – | Rio de Janeiro |
| 4ª Companhia de Polícia do Exército | Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte is the capital of and largest city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country... |
| 35º Pelotão de Polícia do Exército | Juiz de Fora Juiz de Fora -Industry, Trade, and Culture:Juiz de Fora is the second most important industrial center in the state of Minas Gerais, despite being the fourth largest in terms of population. It was once the state's largest city, position which was held up until the beginning of the 20th century... |
| Companhia de Polícia do Exército da 6ª Região Militar | Salvador Salvador, Bahia Salvador is the largest city on the northeast coast of Brazil and the capital of the Northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia. Salvador is also known as Brazil's capital of happiness due to its easygoing population and countless popular outdoor parties, including its street carnival. The first... |
| 10º Pelotão de Polícia do Exército | Recife Recife Recife is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in Brazil with 4,136,506 inhabitants, the largest metropolitan area of the North/Northeast Regions, the 5th-largest metropolitan influence area in Brazil, and the capital and largest city of the state of Pernambuco. The population of the city proper... |
| 4ª Batalhão de Polícia do Exército | Recife |
| 7º Pelotão de Polícia do Exército | Natal Natal, Rio Grande do Norte -History:The northeastern tip of South America, Cabo São Roque, to the north of Natal and the closest point to Europe from Latin America, was first visited by European navigators in 1501, in the 1501–1502 Portuguese expedition led by Amerigo Vespucci, who named the spot after the saint of the day... |
| 14º Companhia de Polícia do Exército | Campo Grande Campo Grande -Climate:Campo Grande has a highland tropical climate, semi-humid, hot, and notably seasonal, with a dry winter season from May through September or October. Under the Koppen climate classification Campo Grande features a tropical wet and dry climate, albeit a noticeably cooler version of the... |
| 4º Pelotão de Polícia do Exército | Dourados Dourados Dourados is a Brazilian city, situated in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Southwest of Campo Grande . It has a population of approximately 200,000 inhabitants, and its economy is based mainly in arable agriculture and in cattle ranching... |
| 13º Pelotão de Polícia do Exército | Cuiabá Cuiabá Under the Koppen climate classification, Cuiaba features a tropical wet and dry climate. Cuiabá is famous for its searing heat, although temperatures in winter can arrive sporadically at 10 degrees, indeed atypical, caused by cold fronts coming from the south, and that may only last one or two... |
| Batalhão de Polícia do Exército de Brasília | Brasília Brasília Brasília is the capital city of Brazil. The name is commonly spelled Brasilia in English. The city and its District are located in the Central-West region of the country, along a plateau known as Planalto Central. It has a population of about 2,557,000 as of the 2008 IBGE estimate, making it the... |
| 6º Pelotão de Polícia do Exército | Goiânia Goiânia -Climate:The city has a tropical wet and dry climate with an average temperature of . There's a wet season, from October to April, and a dry one, from May to September. Annual rainfall is around 1,520 mm.... |
| 11º Pelotão de Polícia do Exército | Campinas Campinas Campinas is a city and municipality located in the coastal interior of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. is the administrative center of the meso-region of the same name, with 3,783,597 inhabitants as of the 2010 Census, consisting of 49 cities.... |
| 12º Pelotão de Polícia do Exército | Caçapava Caçapava Caçapava is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2004 was 81,298 and the area was 370.87 km². The elevation is 560 m. The city lies between Taubaté and São José dos Campos.... |
| 2º Batalhão de Polícia do Exército | Osasco Osasco Osasco is a municipality and city in São Paulo State, Brazil, is located in the Greater São Paulo and ranking 5th in population among São Paulo municipalities. The current mayor is Emidio Pereira de Souza .... |
| 1º Pelotão de Polícia do Exército | Santiago |
| 2º Pelotão de Polícia do Exército | Uruguaiana Uruguaiana Uruguaiana is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is located on the left-hand shore of the Uruguay River that forms the border with Argentina. Opposite Uruguaiana, and joined to it by a road/railway bridge, lies the Argentine city of Paso de los Libres, Corrientes... |
| 26º Pelotão de Polícia do Exército | Santa Maria Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul Santa Maria is a municipality in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state of Brazil. In 2007, its population was 263,403 inhabitants in a total area of 1,823 km2.-Importance:... |
| 3º Batalhão de Polícia do Exército | Porto Alegre Porto Alegre Porto Alegre is the tenth most populous municipality in Brazil, with 1,409,939 inhabitants, and the centre of Brazil's fourth largest metropolitan area . It is also the capital city of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian... |
| 3º Pelotão de Polícia do Exército | Bagé Bagé Bagé is a city and a municipality in the south of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. In 2007 its population was 112,550 in a total area of 4,096 km2. It was the tenth largest city in the state in 2007 -Location:... |
| 8º Pelotão de Polícia do Exército | Pelotas Pelotas Pelotas is a Brazilian city and municipality , the third most populous in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. Pelotas is located 270 km from Porto Alegre, the capital city of the state, and 130 km from the Uruguayan border... |
| 25º Pelotão de Polícia do Exército | Ponta Grossa Ponta Grossa Ponta Grossa is a city in the state of Paraná, Brazil. With a population of over 315,000 inhabitants, it is the 4th most populous city of Paraná.It is the second industrial pole of the State, exceeded only by Curitiba—the State's capital and largest city... |
| 5ª Companhia de Polícia do Exército | Curitiba Curitiba Curitiba is the capital of the Brazilian state of Paraná. It is the largest city with the biggest economy of both Paraná and southern Brazil. The population of Curitiba numbers approximately 1.75 million people and the latest GDP figures for the city surpass US$61 billion according to... |
| 14º Pelotão de Polícia do Exército | Florianópolis Florianópolis -Climate:Florianópolis experiences a warm humid subtropical climate, falling just short of a true tropical climate. The seasons of the year are distinct, with a well-defined summer and winter, and characteristic weather for autumn and spring. Frost is infrequent, but occurs occasionally in the winter... |
See also
- Military Police
- Army Police (Portugal)
- Batalhão de Polícia do Exército (Brasil)
- Polícia Aérea
- Polícia Naval
- Polícia Judiciária Militar
- Polícia da Aeronáutica
- Companhia de Polícia do Batalhão Naval
External links
- Official site of the 2º Batalhão de Polícia do Exército (2nd PE Bn
- Official site of the 3º Batalhão de Polícia do Exército (3rd PE Bn)
- Official site of the 4º Batalhão de Polícia do Exército (4th PE Bn)
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