Federal Police (Brazil)

Federal Police of Brazil Polícia Federal
Common name	Federal Police
Abbreviation	PF
Badge of the Polícia Federal
Agency overview
Formed	March 28, 1944
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency	Brazil
General nature	Federal law enforcement Civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	SAS Quadra 6, Brasília, Brazil
Agency executive	Leandro Daiello Coimbra, Diretor Geral
Parent agency	Ministry of Justice
Units	15 - Tactical Operations Command (COT) - Police Intelligence Direction (DIP) - Operational Aircraft Coordination (CAOP) - Bomb Disposal Unit; - Cyber-Crime Repression Service - National System of Firearms (SINARM) - Immigration Police Coordination (CGPI) - Public Resources Deviation Repression Service (SRDP) - Witness Protection Program (DDH) - National Police Academy (ANP) - National Criminalistics Institute (INC) - National Identification Institute (INI) - Immigration Police Unit (CGPI) - Maritime Police Unit (NEPOM) -Technical-Scientific Unit (DITEC)
Website
http://www.pf.gov.br

The Federal Police of Brazil, in Portuguese Polícia Federal (English "Federal Police"), is one of Brazil's three federal police forces. It is a completely separate force from Brazil's other two federal police forces, the Federal Highway Police and the Federal Railroad/Railway Police. From 1944 to 1967 it was called the Federal Department for Public Security (Departamento Federal de Segurança Pública).

The Federal Police Department is responsible for crimes against federal institutions, international drug trafficking, terrorism, cyber-crime, organized crime, public corruption, white-collar crime, money laundering, immigration, border control, airport security and maritime policing. It is subordinate to the federal Ministry of Justice.

The Federal Police Department's mandate is established on the 1st paragraph of the article 144 of the Brazilian Federal Constitution, which establishes the following assignments:

Other federal statues give the Federal Police Department, the authority and responsibility to:

In March 1944, the former capital of the Republic, Rio de Janeiro, the police of the Federal District was transformed into the Federal Department of Public Safety ("Departamento Federal de Segurança Pública", in Portuguese language, or simply DFSP). The idea was create a police with jurisdiction in the whole country (not only in its original State). Despite its name change, initially the DFSP only served in the Federal District, but acted at the national level at the maritime police.

In the first half of 1946 the DFSP mission was extended to the whole country, especially in some cases, such as the illegal trade of narcotics and crimes against public faith, when the interest of National Finance. However, the new 18 September Constitution, the states have given powers to meet their needs of government and administration, is considered a kind of limited autonomy that the existence of a security with national performance.