Polícia means

police The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and th ...

in some languages. ''Policia'' may refer to:

Law enforcement

Spanish terms

*Policía Federal Argentina (

Argentine Federal Police The Argentine Federal Police ( es, Policía Federal Argentina or PFA) is the national civil police force of the Argentine federal government. The PFA has detachments throughout the country. Until January 1, 2017, it also acted as the local la ...

) *Policía Nacional de Colombia (

National Police of Colombia The National Police of Colombia (Spanish: ''Policía Nacional de Colombia'') is the national police force of the Republic of Colombia. Although the National Police is not part of the Military Forces of Colombia (Army, Navy, and Air Force), it ...

) *Policía Nacional del Perú (

National Police of Peru The Peruvian National Police ( es, Policía Nacional del Perú, PNP) is the national police force of Peru. Its jurisdiction covers the nation's land, sea, and air territories. Formed from the merge of the Investigative Police, the Civil Guard, a ...

) *Cuerpo Nacional de Policía (

National Police Corps of Spain The National Police Corps ( es, Cuerpo Nacional de Policía, link=no, CNP; ; also known simply as National Police, ) is the national civilian police force of Spain. The CNP is mainly responsible for policing urban areas, whilst rural policing ...

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Portuguese terms

*Brazil: **Polícia Civil (

Civil Police (Brazil) In Brazil, the Civilian Police ( pt, Polícia Civil) is the name of the investigative state police forces. The Civilian Police are agencies of the public administration of the States of Brazil, states and of the Federal District (Brazil), Federal ...

) **Polícia Federal (

Federal Police (Brazil) The Federal Police of Brazil (Portuguese: ''Polícia Federal'') is a federal law enforcement agency of Brazil and one of the three national police forces. The other two are the Federal Highway Police, and the National Force. From 1944 to 1967 i ...

) **Polícia Ferroviária (

Federal Railroad Police The Brazilian Federal Railroad Police (US English) or Federal Railway Police (British English) ( pt, Polícia Ferroviária Federal) is a police agency founded in 1852 which is responsible for patrols and security on federal railways in Brazil. A ...

) **Polícia Militar (

Military Police (Brazil) Military Police ( pt, Polícia Militar, , also known as ''PM'', ) are the preventive state police of the states and of the Federal District of Brazil. The Military Police units are the main ostensive police force at the state level and are respo ...

) **Polícia Rodoviária ( Federal Highway Police) *

Polícia de Segurança Pública The Polícia de Segurança Pública MHTE (PSP; ''Public Security Police'') is the national civil police force of Portugal. Part of the Portuguese security forces, the mission of the PSP is to defend Republican democracy, safeguarding internal se ...

, Portugal *

Guarda nacional Republicana The National Republican Guard ( pt, Guarda Nacional Republicana) or GNR is the national gendarmerie force of Portugal. Members of the GNR are military personnel, subject to military law and organisation, unlike the agents of the civilian Publi ...

, Portugal * Corpo de Polícia de Segurança Pública,

Macau Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a p ...

Albanian terms

*Policia e Shtetit ( Albanian Police)

Music

* "Polícia" (song), a song by the Brazilian rock band Titãs {{disambiguation