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

History

This agency was created in 1852, by decree of the emperor Dom Pedro II to protect all riches that were carried on iron rails. Today it is the smallest federal police agency in Brazil with only 780 agents. In practice the Federal Railroad Police are nonexistent, and the railroads are controlled by private enterprises. There are some proposals in the Brazilian Senate to reactivate this police agency, as it is considered important to national security.

Federal Constitution

The Brazilian Constitution of 1988 brings in its article 144, paragraph 3º, a text where it mentions and it regularizes the presence of this institution:
§ 3º - the federal railway police, permanent agency, organized and maintained by the Union and structured in career, is intended, in the law format, to the ostensible patrolling of the federal railroads.

See also

• Brazilian Federal Police
  Brazilian Federal Police
  The Polícia Federal is the federal police force of Brazil subordinate to the Ministry of Justice, whose main assignments are the investigations of crimes against the Federal Government or its organs and companies, the combat of international drug trafficking and terrorism, and immigration and...
  
  
• Military Police of Brazilian States
• Policing in Brazil
  Policing in Brazil
  In Brazil, the Federal Constitution establishes five different law enforcement institutions: the Federal Police, the Federal Highway Police, the Federal Railway Police, the State Military Police and Fire Brigade, and the State Civil Police. Of these, the first three are affiliated to federal...
  
  
• Civil Police of Brazilian States
• Brazilian Federal Highway Police
  Brazilian Federal Highway Police
  The Brazilian Federal Highway Police is a federal law enforcement agency, subordinate to the Ministry of Justice, whose main function is fighting crime on Brazilian federal roads and highways, as well as monitoring and supervising vehicular traffic, although it has also taken on duties that go...
  
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• National Force

External links

• History of the Federal Railroad Police
• Department of Federal Police
• Ministry of Justice
• STIVE - Site on Public Security