Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro State
Polícia Civil do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Coat of Arms
AbbreviationPCRJ
Agency overview
Formed1808
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionBrazil
Size43,696.1 km2
Population16,231,365 (2012)
Governing bodyGovernment of the State of Rio de Janeiro
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersRio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Website
Official website (in Portuguese)

The Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro State (Portuguese: Polícia Civil do Estado do Rio de Janeiro) is the police force responsible for criminal investigations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Formed in 1808, it is subordinated to the state government and directed by a Chief of Police, chosen by the state's Governor.

Roles and functions today

Police car in older graphics.
Mobile forensic unit
Police car - 2010

The police activity of prevention and repression of the penal infractions is exercised by the Police Stations situated in the police circumscriptions which correspond to the geographic areas of the suburbs of Rio Metropolitan Region or the country municipalities.

Each Police Station is directed by a Police Delegate helped by Adjunctive Police Delegates, chiefs of police groups and police services.

According to their geographic localization in the territory of the State, the Police Stations are subordinate to one of the three great operational departments of the Police: of the Capital (Rio de Janeiro city), of the "Baixada Fluminense" (municipalities which form Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Area, except Rio de Janeiro city) and Inland (which contains ten regions).

The criminal investigations developed by the police stations may be supported by the Specialized Police Department, through its specialized organs (divisions) when repressing the homicide crimes of unknown authors, narcotics, robbery, theft and large frauds.

Special Operations

The CORE (Coordenadoria de Recursos Especiais, in Portuguese), formed in 1969, is a police tactical unit within the Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro.

It is a special service which use highly trained policemen in dangerous tasks that police have to face daily.

Guns

Career

  • Police Delegate (Delegado)
  • Police Crime Register Agent (Oficial de Cartório Policial)
  • Police Inspector (Inspetor de Polícia)
  • Police Investigator (Investigador Policial)
  • Criminal Expert (Perito Criminal)

The Rio Civil Police appear in the 2011 film Fast Five, the fifth installment in the Fast & Furious series.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "World Infantry Weapons: Brazil". 2016-06-02. Archived from the original on 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  2. ↑ "Rio's Civil Police in Action and Pics -". The Firearm Blog. 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2023-02-25.
  3. ↑ "Photo report: joint Police/Armed Forces operations in Rio -". The Firearm Blog. 2017-08-22. Retrieved 2023-02-25.
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