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| + | == '''Cities of Darkness in Brazil''' == | ||
* -- [[Rio de Janeiro]] -- The Marvelous City | * -- [[Rio de Janeiro]] -- The Marvelous City | ||
* -- [[São Paulo]] | * -- [[São Paulo]] | ||
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| + | == '''Federal Government''' == | ||
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| + | === '''Polícia Federal (Federal Police)''' === | ||
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| + | The Federal Police of Brazil, in Portuguese Polícia Federal (English "Federal Police"), is one of Brazil's three federal police forces. It is a completely separate force from Brazil's other two federal police forces, the Federal Highway Police and the Federal Railroad/Railway Police. From 1944 to 1967 it was called the Federal Department for Public Security (Departamento Federal de Segurança Pública). | ||
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| + | The Federal Police Department is responsible for crimes against federal institutions, international drug trafficking, terrorism, cyber-crime, organized crime, public corruption, white-collar crime, money laundering, immigration, border control, airport security and maritime policing. It is subordinate to the federal Ministry of Justice. | ||
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| + | The Federal Police Department's mandate is established on the 1st paragraph of the article 144 of the Brazilian Federal Constitution, which establishes the following assignments: | ||
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| + | * Investigate criminal offense against political and social order, or against goods, services and interests of Brazilian federal government, its organs and companies, as well as interstate and international crime in a need of uniform repression in Brazil; | ||
| + | * Prevent and repress drug traffic and smuggling; | ||
| + | * To be the Brazilian's maritime police, air transport enforcement, immigration and border patrol; | ||
| + | * Exercise, exclusively, the functions of criminal investigation's police of the federal government (which means federal and interstate crime); | ||
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| + | Other federal statues give the Federal Police Department, the authority and responsibility to: | ||
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| + | * Prevent and combat terrorism; | ||
| + | * Ensure the safety of foreign heads of state and heads of international organizations when visiting Brazil; | ||
| + | * Investigate cyber crime; | ||
| + | * Represent the International Police (Interpol) in Brazil; | ||
| + | * Prevent and repress crime against indigenous people; | ||
| + | * Investigate and repress public corruption and white-collar crime; | ||
| + | * Investigate and repress organized crime. | ||
| + | * Regulate via licensing the sale, possession, and transportation of firearms and ammunition by civilian people in Brazil; | ||
| + | * Repress Crimes against the Environment. | ||
| + | * Manage the national's database of criminal's genetic profiles; | ||
| + | * Prevent and process the violation of human rights and civil rights; | ||
| + | * Investigate and repress money laundering; | ||
| + | * Assist the other Brazilian's police on investigations, when requested | ||
| + | * Run the Witness Protection Program | ||
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| + | === Comando de Operações Táticas === | ||
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| + | The Comando de Operações Táticas (COT; English: Tactical Operations Command) of the Federal Police was created in 1987 by the Ministry of Justice through the Federal Police Department – DPF with a mission of responding to terrorist attacks inside the country. To do so, its members were trained in technical and tactical units of the Special Armed Forces in Brazil and abroad – in special units in the U.S., France and Germany (especially by GSG-9). Today, this elite force for armed action plays a large range of operations. | ||
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| + | Throughout its existence, the COT has participated in several high risk missions such as drug seizures in the country, expropriation actions, rural conflicts, VIP security, dismantling of criminal organizations, and is commonly used to escort high risk prisoners. | ||
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| + | To belong to the COT the applicant must be in the ranks of the Federal Police. The training involving tactical and physical disciplines are practiced with the same intensity of the Training Course of the National Police Academy – ANP, including training by other specialized forces in the country, such as Rio de Janeiro's Military Police elite group called Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais (BOPE) especialized in urban operations. | ||
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| + | The headquarters of the COT is in Brasília, in an area of 40 thousand square meters, located in Police Sector South, which sends players on missions to Brazil. | ||
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| + | === Núcleo Especial de Polícia Marítima === | ||
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| + | The Special Center of Maritime Police (Núcleo Especial de Polícia Marítima – NEPOM) was created in twelve Brazilian cities in response to the high rate of crime in Brazilian ports, as well as the need to ostensibly patrol to prevent the occurrence of criminal offenses in Amazonian rivers and Brazilian borders (especially Itaipu Lake on the Brazil-Paraguay border). The maritime policing has the latest equipment, recently acquired by the Brazilian government in order to meet the country to the ISPS Code standards (International Ship and Port Facility Security Code).[8] In addition to the routine patrolling, surveillance is carried out in the international traffic in dozens of ships docking and desatracam in major Brazilian ports. Agents of action is also taken around the clandestine coming on board vessels. The Nepom the police receive special training in the Navy of Brazil, and is enabled in the category of Crew of State vessel. | ||
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| + | === Coordenação de Aviação Operacional – (Aviation Operational Coordination) === | ||
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| + | The CAOP (Coordenação de Aviação Operacional – Aviation Operational Coordination) is a unit of federal police agents, responsible for transportation policeman to anywhere in the country, besides the air support operations to the Federal Police. | ||
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| + | Was established in 1986, because the demand for transportation to any place, quickly, and the need for air support in the actions and tactics without having to depend on the Armed Forces. | ||
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| + | In 1995 the corporation had the name of advising operational issues when he received three aircraft, two Bell 412 and an HB-350 Squirrel. Already in 1996 the Office became the Division of Aviation Operations. In the year 1999 the unit won these assignments and in 2001 finally received the current designation of CAOP. | ||
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| + | The unit is divided into two squadrons, one fixed-wing and the other rotorcraft. | ||
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| + | == Equipment == | ||
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| + | The Federal Police Department issues all agents graduating from the National Police Academy a Glock 17 or Glock 19 or Glock 26 according to the agent's preference. Other equipment include the M4 carbine, HK G36K, HK MP5, HK416, HK417, MSG90, SG 550, Blaser R93 Tactical and the recent acquired H&K MG4. | ||
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| + | == '''Geography''' == | ||
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| + | == '''Languages''' === | ||
Revision as of 14:09, 23 August 2016
Contents
Cities of Darkness in Brazil
- -- Rio de Janeiro -- The Marvelous City
- -- São Paulo
Federal Government
Polícia Federal (Federal Police)
The Federal Police of Brazil, in Portuguese Polícia Federal (English "Federal Police"), is one of Brazil's three federal police forces. It is a completely separate force from Brazil's other two federal police forces, the Federal Highway Police and the Federal Railroad/Railway Police. From 1944 to 1967 it was called the Federal Department for Public Security (Departamento Federal de Segurança Pública).
The Federal Police Department is responsible for crimes against federal institutions, international drug trafficking, terrorism, cyber-crime, organized crime, public corruption, white-collar crime, money laundering, immigration, border control, airport security and maritime policing. It is subordinate to the federal Ministry of Justice.
The Federal Police Department's mandate is established on the 1st paragraph of the article 144 of the Brazilian Federal Constitution, which establishes the following assignments:
- Investigate criminal offense against political and social order, or against goods, services and interests of Brazilian federal government, its organs and companies, as well as interstate and international crime in a need of uniform repression in Brazil;
- Prevent and repress drug traffic and smuggling;
- To be the Brazilian's maritime police, air transport enforcement, immigration and border patrol;
- Exercise, exclusively, the functions of criminal investigation's police of the federal government (which means federal and interstate crime);
Other federal statues give the Federal Police Department, the authority and responsibility to:
- Prevent and combat terrorism;
- Ensure the safety of foreign heads of state and heads of international organizations when visiting Brazil;
- Investigate cyber crime;
- Represent the International Police (Interpol) in Brazil;
- Prevent and repress crime against indigenous people;
- Investigate and repress public corruption and white-collar crime;
- Investigate and repress organized crime.
- Regulate via licensing the sale, possession, and transportation of firearms and ammunition by civilian people in Brazil;
- Repress Crimes against the Environment.
- Manage the national's database of criminal's genetic profiles;
- Prevent and process the violation of human rights and civil rights;
- Investigate and repress money laundering;
- Assist the other Brazilian's police on investigations, when requested
- Run the Witness Protection Program
Comando de Operações Táticas
The Comando de Operações Táticas (COT; English: Tactical Operations Command) of the Federal Police was created in 1987 by the Ministry of Justice through the Federal Police Department – DPF with a mission of responding to terrorist attacks inside the country. To do so, its members were trained in technical and tactical units of the Special Armed Forces in Brazil and abroad – in special units in the U.S., France and Germany (especially by GSG-9). Today, this elite force for armed action plays a large range of operations.
Throughout its existence, the COT has participated in several high risk missions such as drug seizures in the country, expropriation actions, rural conflicts, VIP security, dismantling of criminal organizations, and is commonly used to escort high risk prisoners.
To belong to the COT the applicant must be in the ranks of the Federal Police. The training involving tactical and physical disciplines are practiced with the same intensity of the Training Course of the National Police Academy – ANP, including training by other specialized forces in the country, such as Rio de Janeiro's Military Police elite group called Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais (BOPE) especialized in urban operations.
The headquarters of the COT is in Brasília, in an area of 40 thousand square meters, located in Police Sector South, which sends players on missions to Brazil.
Núcleo Especial de Polícia Marítima
The Special Center of Maritime Police (Núcleo Especial de Polícia Marítima – NEPOM) was created in twelve Brazilian cities in response to the high rate of crime in Brazilian ports, as well as the need to ostensibly patrol to prevent the occurrence of criminal offenses in Amazonian rivers and Brazilian borders (especially Itaipu Lake on the Brazil-Paraguay border). The maritime policing has the latest equipment, recently acquired by the Brazilian government in order to meet the country to the ISPS Code standards (International Ship and Port Facility Security Code).[8] In addition to the routine patrolling, surveillance is carried out in the international traffic in dozens of ships docking and desatracam in major Brazilian ports. Agents of action is also taken around the clandestine coming on board vessels. The Nepom the police receive special training in the Navy of Brazil, and is enabled in the category of Crew of State vessel.
Coordenação de Aviação Operacional – (Aviation Operational Coordination)
The CAOP (Coordenação de Aviação Operacional – Aviation Operational Coordination) is a unit of federal police agents, responsible for transportation policeman to anywhere in the country, besides the air support operations to the Federal Police.
Was established in 1986, because the demand for transportation to any place, quickly, and the need for air support in the actions and tactics without having to depend on the Armed Forces.
In 1995 the corporation had the name of advising operational issues when he received three aircraft, two Bell 412 and an HB-350 Squirrel. Already in 1996 the Office became the Division of Aviation Operations. In the year 1999 the unit won these assignments and in 2001 finally received the current designation of CAOP.
The unit is divided into two squadrons, one fixed-wing and the other rotorcraft.
Equipment
The Federal Police Department issues all agents graduating from the National Police Academy a Glock 17 or Glock 19 or Glock 26 according to the agent's preference. Other equipment include the M4 carbine, HK G36K, HK MP5, HK416, HK417, MSG90, SG 550, Blaser R93 Tactical and the recent acquired H&K MG4.
