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In Brazil, the Civilian Police (Portuguese: Polícia Civil) is the name of the investigative state police forces.

The Civilian Police are agencies of the public administration of the states and of the Federal District of Brazil, whose function is, under Article 144 of the Federal Constitution of 1988, public security and the preservation of the public order, the safety of the people and of the patrimony.

Each of the states and the Federal District has its own civilian police department, which carries out detective work, forensics and criminal investigation, acting as a state bureau of investigation, while the "military police" carry out preventive police duties.

It aims at the exercise of functions of judiciary police and the exercise of activities of administrative and security police, which are indispensable to the preservation of the juridical order, to the (promotion of the) harmonic life of the community, and to guarantee citizens' rights and liberty.

Description

The Civilian Police of Brazil had origin in the General Intendancy of Police, created in Rio de Janeiro in 1808.

With the transference of the Portuguese Royal Family to Brazil in 1808, the police started to be regulated, have structure and important social role.

The Police General Intendancy of the Court and the State of Brazil (Intendência Geral de Polícia da Corte e do Estado do Brasil, in Portuguese) was created by charter of D. João VI on May 10 of that year, centralizing the police attributes of competence belonging to several authorities such as Ouvidor Geral, the alcaydes, the quadrilheiros and the road and assaults captains.

The first Police General Superintendent was Councilor Paulo Fernandes Viana who organized the police administration in Rio de Janeiro city as it used to be in Lisbon.

The Police General Intendancy went through the phase of the Brazilian politic emancipation movement which finally culminated on September 7, 1822.

Civilian Police had been gradually developing for all country during the governments Imperial and Republican. Today, the constitutional existence of the Civilian Police and its attributions elapse of article 144, IV and 144 § 4°, of the Federal Constitution.

Organization

Each of the 26 states plus the Federal district has its own Civil Police force. They are each directed by a Chief of Police, chosen from among commissioned career officers.

The services of judiciary police are performed through individual precincts that have jurisdiction over entire towns or small cities as well as sections of large cities.

Basic organic structure

Police Superior Council

A collegiate organ

Cabinet

Direct assistance of the Police Chief

Planning and Police Operations Department

Operational planning

General Office of Police

Fiscalization

Police State Academy

Professional formation

Police Departments

Operational organs

Administration Department

Administrative support

Technical-Scientific Department

Technical-scientific support (in some states, this is a separated organization)

Special investigations

Special Investigations Department, which is the information organ of the states police, is responsible for the highly complex police investigations; yet as its duty it has the dignitaries safety and the maintenance of the Special Operations Services (CORE, GOE and others) which uses highly trained policemen in dangerous tasks that the police have to face daily.

Police inquiry

The function of Judiciary Police is exercised through the police inquiry, included in the Brazilian prosecution law in order to investigate the penal infractions and their responsibility. When concluded the inquiry is sent to the criminal judge.

Hierarchic degrees

Police Authority

Commissioner of Police (Delegado/Comissário) = A (Deputy Sheriff) and a Magistrate. It is demanded to a Commissioner of Police be: A Bachelor of Laws & have a minimum of three years of legal or police experience.

Agents of the Authority

Notary of Police (Escrivão)
Agent, Investigator or Inspector (Agente, Investigador ou Inspetor)

Police Specialists

CSI - Crime Scene Investigator (Perito Criminal)

Note: In several Brazilian states, Police Specialists (Expert Criminal) direct an unattended Police Department, generally called "Scientific Police" or "Technical Police", responsible for criminal expertise at the respective state.

Civil police of Brazil

Polícia Civil do Distrito Federal - Brasília
Polícia Civil do Estado do Acre
Polícia Civil do Estado de Alagoas
Polícia Civil do Estado do Amapá
Polícia Civil do Estado do Amazonas
Polícia Civil do Estado da Bahia
Polícia Civil do Estado do Ceará
Polícia Civil do Estado do Espírito Santo
Polícia Civil do Estado de Goiás
Polícia Civil do Estado do Maranhão
Polícia Civil do Estado do Mato Grosso
Polícia Civil do Estado do Mato Grosso do Sul
Polícia Civil do Estado de Minas Gerais
Polícia Civil do Estado do Pará
Polícia Civil do Estado da Paraíba
Polícia Civil do Estado do Paraná
Polícia Civil do Estado de Pernambuco
Polícia Civil do Estado do Piauí
Polícia Civil do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte
Polícia Civil do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul
Polícia Civil do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Polícia Civil do Estado de Rondônia
Polícia Civil do Estado de Roraima
Polícia Civil do Estado de Santa Catarina
Polícia Civil do Estado de São Paulo
Polícia Civil do Estado de Sergipe
Polícia Civil do Estado de Tocantins

Weaponry

External links

Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil Official web site, in Portuguese
Civil Police of the Minas Gerais State
Brazilian Federal Police Official web site, in Portuguese

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+{{unreferenced|date=January 2021}}
-In [[Brazil]], the '''Civil Police''' ({{lang-pt|Polícia Civil}}) is the name of the investigative [[state police]] forces.
+In [[Brazil]], the '''Civilian Police''' ({{langx|pt|Polícia Civil}}) is the name of the investigative [[state police]] forces.
-The Civil Police are agencies of the public administration of the federative units of Brazil, whose function is, in accordance with article 144 of the [[Constitution of Brazil|Federal Constitution]] of 1988, the exercise of the public security for the preservation of the public order, of the safety of the people and the patrimony.
+The Civilian Police are agencies of the public administration of the [[States of Brazil|state]]s and of the [[Federal District (Brazil)|Federal District]] of Brazil, whose function is, under Article 144 of the [[Constitution of Brazil|Federal Constitution]] of 1988, public security and the preservation of the public order, the safety of the people and of the patrimony.
-Each of the [[states of Brazil]] has its own "Civil Police Department", which carries out detective work, forensics and criminal investigation, acting as a [[state bureau of investigation]], while the "[[Military Police (Brazil)|Military Police]]" carries out preventive police duties.
+Each of the states and the Federal District has its own civilian police department, which carries out detective work, forensics and criminal investigation, acting as a [[state bureau of investigation]], while the "[[Military Police (Brazil)|military police]]" carry out preventive police duties.
-It aims at the exercise of functions of judiciary police and the exercise of activities of administrative and security police, which are indispensable to the preservation of the juridical order, to the (promotion of the) harmonic life of the community, and to the warranty of the citizen’s rights and liberty.
+It aims at the exercise of functions of judiciary police and the exercise of activities of administrative and security police, which are indispensable to the preservation of the juridical order, to the (promotion of the) harmonic life of the community, and to guarantee citizens' rights and liberty.
 [[Image:Águia3.JPG|thumb|right|250px|''Police helicopter - [[Rio de Janeiro]]'']]
 ==Description==
 [[File:Viatura PCERJ 2010.JPG|thumb|right|250px|''A police car - Rio de Janeiro'']]
-The Civil Polices of Brazil had origin in the General Intendancy of Police, created in [[Rio de Janeiro]] in 1808.
+The Civilian Police of Brazil had origin in the General Intendancy of Police, created in [[Rio de Janeiro]] in 1808.
-With the transference of the Portuguese Royal Family to Brazil in 1808, the Police started to be regulated, have structure and important social role.
+With the transference of the Portuguese Royal Family to Brazil in 1808, the police started to be regulated, have structure and important social role.
 The ''Police General Intendancy of the Court and the State of Brazil'' (Intendência Geral de Polícia da Corte e do Estado do Brasil, in Portuguese) was created by charter of D. [[João VI]] on May 10 of that year, centralizing the police attributes of competence belonging to several authorities  such as ''Ouvidor Geral'', the ''alcaydes'', the ''quadrilheiros'' and the ''road and assaults captains''.
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 The Police General Intendancy went through the phase of the Brazilian politic emancipation movement which finally culminated on September 7, 1822.
-Civil Police had been gradually developing for all country during the governments Imperial and Republican. Today, the constitutional existence of the Civil Police and its attributions elapse of article 144, IV and 144 § 4°, of the Federal Constitution.
+Civilian Police had been gradually developing for all country during the governments Imperial and Republican. Today, the constitutional existence of the Civilian Police and its attributions elapse of article 144, IV and 144 § 4°, of the Federal Constitution.
 ==Organization==
-Civil Polices in Brazil, one for each State of the federacy exist. They are directed by a Head of Police, chosen amongst the Commission agents of Police of career.
+Each of the 26 states plus the Federal district has its own Civil Police force. They are each directed by a Chief of Police, chosen from among commissioned career officers.
-The services of judiciary police are given through the ''Police stations'' of Police, agencies that have jurisdiction on small cities or quarters of the great cities.
+The services of judiciary police are performed through individual precincts that have jurisdiction over entire towns or small cities as well as sections of large cities.
 ==Basic organic structure==
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 Administrative support
 *Technical-Scientific Department
-Technical-scientific support ''(in same states, this is a separated organization)''
+Technical-scientific support ''(in some states, this is a separated organization)''
 ==Special investigations==
-Special Investigations Department, which is the information organ of the states polices, is responsible for the highly complex police investigations; yet as its duty it has the dignitaries safety and the maintenance of the Special Operations Services ([[CORE (Brazil)|CORE]], [[GOE (Brazil)|GOE]] and others) which uses highly trained policemen in dangerous tasks that the Police have to face daily.
+Special Investigations Department, which is the information organ of the states police, is responsible for the highly complex police investigations; yet as its duty it has the dignitaries safety and the maintenance of the Special Operations Services ([[CORE (Brazil)|CORE]], [[GOE (Brazil)|GOE]] and others) which uses highly trained policemen in dangerous tasks that the police have to face daily.
 ==Police inquiry==
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 [[File:Furgão da perícia.jpg|thumb|right|220px| ''Mobile Forensic Unit - Rio de Janeiro'']]
 Police Authority
+*[[Commissioner]] of Police (Delegado/Comissário) = A (Deputy [[Sheriff]]) and a [[Magistrate]]. It is demanded to a Commissioner of Police be: A [[Bachelor of Laws]] & have a minimum of three years of legal or police experience.
-*Delegated/Commissioner of Police (Delegado/Comissário)
 Agents of the Authority
 *Notary of Police (Escrivão)
 *Agent, Investigator or Inspector (Agente, Investigador ou Inspetor)
 Police Specialists
-*CSI - Crime Scene Investigator (Perito Criminal)
+*CSI - [[Crime Scene Investigator]] (Perito Criminal)
 <small>''Note'': In several Brazilian states, Police Specialists (Expert Criminal) direct an unattended Police Department, generally called "Scientific Police" or "Technical Police", responsible for criminal expertise at the respective state.</small>
-==Civil polices of Brazil==
+==Civil police of Brazil==
 [[File:9ª Delegacia do Rio.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''Police station - Rio de Janeiro'']]
-*Polícia Civil do Distrito Federal - [[Brasilia]]
+*[[Civil Police of the Federal District|Polícia Civil]] do Distrito Federal - [[Brasília]]
-*Polícia Civil do Estado do [[Acre]]
+*Polícia Civil do Estado do [[Acre (state)|Acre]]
 *Polícia Civil do Estado de [[Alagoas]]
 *Polícia Civil do Estado do [[Amapá]]
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 *Polícia Civil do Estado do [[Rio Grande do Norte]]
 *Polícia Civil do Estado do [[Rio Grande do Sul]]
-*Polícia Civil do Estado do [[Rio de Janeiro]]
+*[[Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro State|Polícia Civil]] do Estado do [[Rio de Janeiro (state)|Rio de Janeiro]]
 *Polícia Civil do Estado de [[Rondônia]]
 *Polícia Civil do Estado de [[Roraima]]
 *Polícia Civil do Estado de [[Santa Catarina (state)|Santa Catarina]]
-*Polícia Civil do Estado de [[São Paulo]]
+*Polícia Civil do Estado de [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]]
 *Polícia Civil do Estado de [[Sergipe]]
 *Polícia Civil do Estado de [[Tocantins]]
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 ==Weaponry==
 [[File:Viatura - 2009.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''Rio de Janeiro'']]
-* [[Taurus (manufacturer)|Taurus]] pistols
+* [[Taurus (manufacturer)|Taurus]] pistols{{which|date=March 2017}}
-* [[Glock]] pistols
+* [[Glock]] pistols{{which|date=March 2017}}
-* [[Colt's Manufacturing Company|Colt]] pistols
+* [[Colt's Manufacturing Company|Colt]] pistols{{which|date=March 2017}}
-* [[S&W]] pistols
+* [[Smith & Wesson]] pistols{{which|date=March 2017}}
 * [[Heckler & Koch MP5]]
 * [[Colt M16A2]]
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 * [[GOE (Brazil)|Grupo de Operações Especiais (GOE)]]
 * [[CORE (Brazil)]]
-* [[Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro State]]
 ==External links==
-*[http://www.policiacivil.rj.gov.br/ Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil] Official web site, in Portuguese
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150205230043/http://www.policiacivil.rj.gov.br/ Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil] Official web site, in Portuguese
-*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A84oibyuhM Civil Police of the Minas Gerais State [[File:Video-icon.svg|20px]]]
+*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A84oibyuhM Civil Police of the Minas Gerais State] [[File:Video-icon.svg|20px]]
 *[http://www.dpf.gov.br Brazilian Federal Police] Official web site, in Portuguese
 {{Commons|Brazilian Civil Police}}
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 [[Category:Civil police of the states of Brazil| ]]
+[[Category:State law enforcement agencies of Brazil]]