The Civil Police of the Federal District is the police force for the

Federal District of Brazil The Federal District ( pt, Distrito Federal ) is one of 27 federative units of Brazil. Located in the Center-West Region, it is the smallest Brazilian federal unit and the only one that has no municipalities, being divided into 31 administr ...

, which contains the capital Brasilia. The Civil Police report to the Governor of the Federal District and is linked to the State Secretariat of Public Security.

History

In 1808, following the French invasion of European Portugal, the

Portuguese Royal Family The Most Serene House of Braganza ( pt, Sereníssima Casa de Bragança), also known as the Brigantine Dynasty (''Dinastia Brigantina''), is a dynasty of emperors, kings, princes, and dukes of Portuguese origin which reigned in Europe and the Ame ...

and Government transferred to Brazil and established

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 ...

as the new capital of the

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. In Rio, the government established the General Intendency of the Police of the Court and of the State of Brazil, modelled after the similar body existing in Lisbon, as the central judiciary police organization. This organization was the forerunner of the Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro. In 1960, with the creation of the new capital in Brasilia, the government create the Civil Police of the

Federal District A federal district is a type of administrative division of a federation, usually under the direct control of a federal government and organized sometimes with a single municipal body. Federal districts often include capital districts, and they e ...

, using officers from the Rio police.

Main institutional functions

Practice, with exclusivity, all the necessary acts for the investigation of criminal offenses and preparation of the police investigation; To promote the recruitment, selection, training, improvement and professional and cultural development of the civil police; Organize and execute the registration of civil and criminal identification; Maintain the police statistical service in compliance with statistical and research institutes in order to provide accurate and up-to-date information on crime, violence and traffic infractions; Collaborate with the Criminal Justice, providing for the enforcement of the arrest warrants issued by the judicial authorities, providing the necessary information for the investigation and prosecution of the cases and to carry out the actions, reasonably requested by the judge and members of the Public Prosecutor's Office in the police investigation files

Careers

* Chief Police Delegate * Medical-Legal Expert * Forensics expert * Police Papilopscopist expert * Police Agent * Police clerk * Custody agent

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