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==Brazil== {{See also|Law enforcement in Brazil#State nstitutions|label 1=Law enforcement in Brazil}} Each [[Federative units of Brazil|federative unit]] in [[Brazil]], beside its [[Military Firefighters Corps|military firefighters corps]] and its penal and scientific polices, has two main police corporations working together with different skills: :''[[Civil Police (Brazil)|Civil Police]]'' — The nonuniformed judiciary police, mainly responsible for investigating criminal offenses occurring in their territories. They're mainly based on Delegates (necessarily [[Bachelor of Laws|bachelors of laws]]), Clerks, Investigators and/or Agents and also responds for its Scientific Polices (responsible for [[forensic science]] activities and services) in the [[Federal District (Brazil)|Federal District]] and other 8 states. :''[[Military Police (Brazil)|Military Police]]'' — The uniformed and militarily hierarchical police officers perform, under a [[gendarmerie]] system, police functions of patrolling, approaching and capturing, also serving as reserve branches of the [[Brazilian Armed Forces]] (more specifically its [[Brazilian Army]]). They make up the majority of the police force in Brazil,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.v-brazil.com/government/laws/titleV.html|title=Brazilian Laws - the Federal Constitution - Defense of State and Democratic Institutions|work=v-brazil.com}}</ref> but don't perform regular [[military police]] functions (as they're reservedly performed by Brazilian Army Police Offices on duty, such as the [[Army Police (Brazil)]]) because they're primarily subordinated to its [[Governor (Brazil)|governors]]. In [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]], the [[Military Police of São Paulo State|Military Police]] also operates its [[Military Firefighters Corps]]. In [[Rio Grande do Sul]], in turn, such office is called Military Brigade (''Brigada Militar'') instead of Military Police partially due to the long period for which also responded for its [[Military Firefighters Corps]] (which separated from ''BMRS'' in 2013). {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * '''PCAC''' - [[Civil Police of Acre State]] * '''PMAC''' - [[Military Police of Acre State]] * '''PCAL''' - [[Civil Police of Alagoas State]] * '''PMAL''' - [[Military Police of Alagoas State]] * '''PCAP''' - [[Civil Police of Amapá State]] * '''PMAP''' - [[Military Police of Amapá State]] * '''PCAM''' - [[Civil Police of Amazonas State]] * '''PMAM''' - [[Military Police of Amazonas State]] * '''PCBA''' - [[Civil Police of Bahia State]] * '''PMBA''' - [[Military Police of Bahia State]] * '''PCCE''' - [[Civil Police of Ceará State]] * '''PMCE''' - [[Military Police of Ceará State]] * '''PCDF''' - [[Civil Police of the Federal District]] * '''PMDF''' - [[Military Police of the Federal District]] * '''PCES''' - [[Civil Police of Espírito Santo State]] * '''PMES''' - [[Military Police of Espírito Santo State]] * '''PCGO''' - [[Civil Police of Goiás State]] * '''PMGO''' - [[Military Police of Goiás State]] * '''PCMA''' - [[Civil Police of Maranhão State]] * '''PMMA''' - [[Military Police of Maranhão State]] * '''PCMT''' - [[Civil Police of Mato Grosso State]] * '''PMMT''' - [[Military Police of Estado do Mato Grosso State]] * '''PCMS''' - [[Civil Police of Mato Grosso do Sul State]] * '''PMMS''' - [[Military Police of Mato Grosso do Sul State]] * '''PCMG''' - [[Civil Police of Minas Gerais State]] * '''PMMG''' - [[Military Police of Minas Gerais State]] * '''PCPA''' - [[Civil Police of Pará State]] * '''PMPA''' - [[Military Police of Pará State]] * '''PCPB''' - [[Civil Police of Paraíba State]] * '''PMPB''' - [[Military Police of Paraíba State]] * '''PCPR''' - [[Civil Police of Paraná State]] * '''PMPR''' - [[Military Police of Paraná State]] * '''PCPE''' - [[Civil Police of Pernambuco State]] * '''PMPE''' - [[Military Police of Pernambuco State]] * '''PCPI''' - [[Civil Police of Piauí State]] * '''PMPI''' - [[Military Police of Piauí State]] * '''PCERJ''' - [[Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro State]] * '''PMERJ''' - [[Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State]] * '''PCRN''' - [[Civil Police of Rio Grande do Norte State]] * '''PMRN''' - [[Military Police of Rio Grande do Norte State]] * '''PCRS''' - [[Civil Police of Rio Grande do Sul State]] * '''BMRS''' - [[Military Brigade of Rio Grande do Sul State]] * '''PCRO''' - [[Civil Police of Rondônia State]] * '''PMRO''' - [[Military Police of Rondônia State]] * '''PCRR''' - [[Civil Police of Roraima State]] * '''PMRR''' - [[Military Police of Roraima State]] * '''PCSC''' - [[Civil Police of Santa Catarina State]] * '''PMSC''' - [[Military Police of Santa Catarina State]] * '''PCESP''' - [[Civil Police of São Paulo State]] * '''PMESP''' - [[Military Police of São Paulo State]] * '''PCSE''' - [[Civil Police of Sergipe State]] * '''PMSE''' - [[Military Police of Sergipe State]] * '''PCTO''' - [[Civil Police of Tocantins State]] * '''PMTO''' - [[Military Police of Tocantins State]]{{div col end}}
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