The Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro State (''Polícia Civil do Estado do Rio de Janeiro'', in

Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...

) is the police force responsible for criminal investigations in

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

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. Formed in 1808, it is subordinated to the state government and directed by a

Chief of Police Chief may refer to: Title or rank Military and law enforcement * Chief master sergeant, the ninth, and highest, enlisted rank in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force * Chief of police, the head of a police department * Chief of the boa ...

, chosen by the state's Governor.

Roles and functions today

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 (

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 ''

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'' (Coordenadoria de Recursos Especiais, in

), formed in 1969, is a

police tactical unit A police tactical unit (PTU) is a specialized police unit trained to handle situations that are beyond the capabilities of ordinary law enforcement units because of the level of violence (or risk of violence) involved. A police tactical unit's tas ...

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

Heckler & Koch PSG1 The Heckler & Koch PSG1 (''Präzisionsschützengewehr'', German for "precision shooting rifle") is a semi-automatic sniper rifle designed and produced by the German company Heckler & Koch. Development This rifle is said to have been developed ...

Sniper rifle (Used by CORE) *

AK-47 The AK-47, officially known as the ''Avtomat Kalashnikova'' (; also known as the Kalashnikov or just AK), is a gas operated, gas-operated assault rifle that is chambered for the 7.62×39mm cartridge. Developed in the Soviet Union by Russian s ...

rifle (Used by specialized department) *

FN FAL The FAL (a French acronym for (English: "Light Automatic Rifle")), is a battle rifle designed in Belgium by Dieudonné Saive and manufactured by FN Herstal (simply known as FN). During the Cold War the FAL was adopted by many countries of th ...

rifle *

Heckler & Koch G3 The Heckler & Koch G3 (''Gewehr'' 3) is a 7.62×51mm NATO, select-fire battle rifle developed in the 1950s by the German armament manufacturer Heckler & Koch (H&K) in collaboration with the Spanish state-owned design and development agency CET ...

rifle (Used by CORE) *

M16 rifle The M16 rifle (officially designated Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16) is a family of military rifles adapted from the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle for the United States military. The original M16 rifle was a 5.56×45mm automatic rifle with a 20-roun ...

(Used by CORE) *

IMBEL MD97 The IMBEL MD97 is a Brazilian assault rifle used by the Brazilian Army, Special Forces, and police forces. History The MD97 is a selective-fire or semi-automatic assault rifle that has been produced by IMBEL in Brazil since 1997. It is based ...

rifle (Used by specialized department) * IMBEL MD rifle *

AR-15 An AR-15-style rifle is any lightweight semi-automatic rifle based on the Colt AR-15 design. The original ArmaLite AR-15 is a scaled-down derivative of Eugene Stoner's ArmaLite AR-10 design. The then Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation d ...

carbine * CAR-15 carbine * Ruger Mini-14 carbine (Used by specialized department) *

Heckler & Koch MP5 The Heckler & Koch MP5 (german: Maschinenpistole 5) is a 9x19mm Parabellum submachine gun, developed in the 1960s by a team of engineers from the German small arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch. There are over 100 variants and clones of the MP5, ...

submachine (Used by CORE) *

Taurus PT92 The Taurus PT92 is a double action/single action, double-stack-magazine fed, short recoil-operated, semi-automatic 9mm pistol manufactured by Taurus in the Beretta factory in São Paulo, Brazil. History and creation In 1974, a large contrac ...

pistol *

Taurus PT 24/7 The Taurus PT 24/7 is a semi-automatic pistol using the short type of recoil operation, and available in various models with double-action-only (DAO) and double action/single-action-type trigger actions. Using a hammerless, striker-fired des ...

pistol *

Taurus Millennium series The Taurus Millennium series is a product line of double-action only (DAO) and single-action/double-action hammerless, striker-fired, short recoil operated, semi-automatic pistols manufactured by Forjas Taurus S/A (Taurus Forge) in Porto ...

pistol *

Glock Glock is a brand of polymer- framed, short recoil-operated, locked-breech semi-automatic pistols designed and produced by Austrian manufacturer Glock Ges.m.b.H. The firearm entered Austrian military and police service by 1982 after it was th ...

pistol (Used by CORE)

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)

Gallery

File:Core logo.PNG, ''

- Coat of arms'' File:9ª Delegacia do Rio.jpg, ''Police station'' File:Aguia 2.JPG, ''Police helicopter - Aguia 2'' File:Blindado-CORE.JPG, '' Armored Vehicle'' File:CORE - Viaturas.jpg, ''CORE - police car'' File:Águia3.JPG, ''Police helicopter - Aguia 3'' File:96ª D.P.Miguel Pereira.jpg, ''Police station'' File:Museu da Polícia Civil do Estado do Rio de Janeiro 2007.jpg, ''Police museum'' File:Blindado_da_CORE_-_Polícia_Civil,_RJ.JPG, CORE

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Armored vehicle

In popular media

The Rio civil police appear in

Fast Five ''Fast Five'' (also known as ''Fast & Furious 5'' or ''Fast & Furious 5: Rio Heist'') is a 2011 American action film directed by Justin Lin Justin Lin (, born October 11, 1971) is a Taiwanese-American film director. His films ...

, the fifth movie of the Fast and the Furious series, where many of them are corrupt and in the payroll of drug lord Hernan Reyes, being sent to try and retrieve his vault full of his drug money after it was stolen from the

Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State The Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State ( pt, Polícia Militar do Estado do Rio de Janeiro) (PMERJ) like other military polices in Brazil is a reserve and ancillary force of the Brazilian Army, and part of the System of Public Security and ...

(PMERJ) station alongside the PMERJ and Federal Highway Police (PRF). However, thanks to Dominic Toretto and his team, all of their pursuing cruisers are destroyed, their corrupt officers slaughtered, and Reyes himself executed by DSS Agent Luke Hobbs in revenge for murdering his team back in the

favela Favela () is an umbrella name for several types of working-class neighborhoods in Brazil. The term was first used in the Providência neighborhood in the center of Rio de Janeiro in the late 19th century, which was built by soldiers who had ...

s. Their primary police cruisers used in the film are mostly 6th and 7th generation models of the

Dodge Charger The Dodge Charger is a model of automobile marketed by Dodge in various forms over seven generations since 1966. The first Charger was a show car in 1964. A 1965 Charger II concept car resembled the 1966 production version. The Charger has ...

, but some use the 1st generation of the

Ford Focus The Ford Focus is a compact car (C-segment in Europe) manufactured by Ford Motor Company since 1998. It was created under Alexander Trotman's Ford 2000 plan, which aimed to globalize model development and sell one compact vehicle worldwide. The ...

sedan.

External links

Official website

November operations

Civil Police in Alemão restraint - 2010

CORE - Special operations
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Government agencies established in 1808 1808 establishments in Brazil Government of Rio de Janeiro (state)

Roles and functions today

Special Operations

Guns

Career

Gallery

In popular media

See also

External links