Army Police (Brazil)

Duties

• 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