Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State

Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State Polícia Militar do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Abbreviation	PMERJ
Blazon of the Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State
Badge of the Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State
Motto	To serve and protect Servir e proteger
Agency overview
Formed	May 13, 1809
Employees	47,000 (2017)
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction*	State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Map of police jurisdiction.
Size	43.696,054 km² (16,871.1 sp mi)
Population	16,010,429 (2009)
General nature	Law enforcement Gendarmerie
Operational structure
Headquarters	City of Rio de Janeiro
Website
Official website
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

The Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State (Portuguese: 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 Brazilian Social Protection. Its members are called "State Military" person.

The primary mission of PMERJ is ostensibly preventive policing for the maintenance of public order in the State of Rio de Janeiro.

Under the United Nations, in cooperation with the Brazilian Army, the Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State has served in Angola, Mozambique, East-Timor, Sudan, and Haiti.

The first militarized police in Portugal (when Brazil was still a colony) was the Royal Police Guard of Lisbon (Portuguese: Guarda Real de Polícia de Lisboa), established in 1801, which followed the model of the National Gendarmerie (French: Gendarmerie Nationale) of France, created in 1791.

When the Portuguese Royal Family was transferred to Brazil, the Royal Police Guard of Lisbon remained in Portugal, and another equivalent guard was created in Rio de Janeiro under the name of Military Division of the Royal Police Guard of Rio de Janeiro, in 1809.