Military Police of Paraná State

Military Police of Paraná State Polícia Militar do Paraná
Abbreviation	PMPR
Badge of the Military Police of Paraná State
Flag of the Military Police of Paraná State
Motto	Your protection is our commitment. Sua proteção é nosso compromisso.
Agency overview
Formed	10 August 1854.
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction*	State of Paraná, Brazil
Map of police jurisdiction.
Size	199,314.9 km² (76,955.9 sp mi)
Population	10,387,378 (2006)
General nature	Law enforcement Gendarmerie
Operational structure
Headquarters	Curitiba
Website
Official website
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

The Military Police are reserve and ancillary forces of the Brazilian Army, and part of the System of Public Security and Brazilian Social Protection. Its members are called Military's States.
The primary mission of PMPR is the ostensible and preventive policing for the maintenance of public order in the State of Paraná.

The Military Police of Paraná was created as a unit of Skirmishers on August 10, 1854, under the name of the Police Force, like a military company. This origin is due to military necessity of the Empire of Brazil in reinforcing the troops of the Army in emergency situations. With the Proclamation of the Republic of Brazil has adopted a Constitution based on the United States where the states have a large autonomy. With that the police have become small regional armies.

The history of PMPR shows an honorable participation in the events that marked Brazilian national life at that time.

This dangerous situation for the national unity remained until the end of the World War II, with the deposition of the dictatorial government of Getúlio Vargas. It was only from 1946 that the military police who have purchased the configuration now, a kind of gendarmerie which is subject to the States.

The PMPR is operationally organized into battalions, companies, and platoons; and administratively, in departments. The battalions are based in major urban centers, and their companies and platoons are distributed according to population density in cities.
The Military Police of Paraná is present in all cities of the State.