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CORE (Brazil)
Encyclopedia
Coordenadoria de Recursos Especiais (Portuguese
for Coordinatoring of Special Resources), mostly known by its acronym CORE, is a national SWAT
unit within the Civil Police
, which originated from the State of Rio de Janeiro
, Brazil
. CORE was formed in July 4th, 1969, and is comparable to São Paulo
's GOE
.
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
for Coordinatoring of Special Resources), mostly known by its acronym CORE, is a national SWAT
SWAT
A SWAT team is an elite tactical unit in various national law enforcement departments. They are trained to perform high-risk operations that fall outside of the abilities of regular officers...
unit within the Civil Police
Civil Police (Brazil)
In Brazil, the Civil Police is the name of the investigative state police forces.The Civil Police are agencies of the public administration of the federative units of Brazil, whose function is, in accordance with article 144 of the Federal Constitution of 1988, the exercise of the public security...
, which originated from the State of Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. CORE was formed in July 4th, 1969, and is comparable to São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
's GOE
GOE (Brazil)
Grupamento de Operações Especiais , mostly known by its acronym GOE, is the elite arm of the Civil Police of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is comparable to Rio de Janeiro's CORE....
.
Duties
- Operations against organized crime
- High-risk arrests
- Hostage situation response
- High-risk VIP's escort
- Special anti-terrorism operations
- Rescue operations in general including physical disasters
Services
Its structure is composed of the following operating units:- Serviço de Operações e Táticas Especiais (SOTE) - Special Operations and Tactics Service
- Seção de Operações Táticas (SOT) - Tactical Operations Section
- Grupo de Operações Especiais (GOE) - Special Operations Group
- Seção de Operações Aéreas (SOA) - Air Operations Section
- Seção de Operações Marítimas e Ribeirinhas (SOMAR) - Maritime and Riverine Operations Section
- Seção de Gerenciamento de Crises (SGC) - Crisis Management Section
- Seção de Treinamento Especializado (STE) - Specialized Training Section
- Seção de Logística e Equipamentos (SLE) - Logistic and Equipment Section
- Serviço de Apoio Policial (SAP) - Police Support Service
- Serviço de Planejamento Operacional (SPO) - Operational Planning Service
- Serviço Aeropolicial (SAER) - Air Police Service
- Esquadrão Anti-bomba (EAB) - Bomb Squad
- Serviço de Suporte Operacional (SESOP) - Operational Support Service
Weapons
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pistols - Colt pistols
- Heckler & Koch MP5Heckler & Koch MP5The Heckler & Koch MP5 is a 9mm submachine gun of German design, developed in the 1960s by a team of engineers from the German small arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch GmbH of Oberndorf am Neckar....
- Colt M16A2
- Heckler & Koch G3Heckler & Koch G3The G3 is a 7.62mm battle rifle developed in the 1950s by the German armament manufacturer Heckler & Koch GmbH in collaboration with the Spanish state-owned design and development agency CETME ....
See also
- Civil Police (Brazil)Civil Police (Brazil)In Brazil, the Civil Police is the name of the investigative state police forces.The Civil Police are agencies of the public administration of the federative units of Brazil, whose function is, in accordance with article 144 of the Federal Constitution of 1988, the exercise of the public security...
- Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro StateCivil Police of Rio de Janeiro StateThe Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro State is the police force responsible for criminal investigations in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil...
- GOE (Brazil)GOE (Brazil)Grupamento de Operações Especiais , mostly known by its acronym GOE, is the elite arm of the Civil Police of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is comparable to Rio de Janeiro's CORE....
- GATEGrupo de Ações Táticas EspeciaisGrupo de Ações Táticas Especiais , mostly known by its acronym GATE, is a special force of São Paulo and Minas Gerais military police. Being a tactical-natured force, their mission is rescue hostages and disarming bombs. It is the São Paulo police force with similar status and training as the U.S...
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(Colombia) - Einsatzkommando COBRA (Austria)
- GIGN (France)
- GEOGrupo Especial de OperacionesThe Grupo Especial de Operaciones , commonly known as GEOs, are the Special Operations Forces of the Spanish Cuerpo Nacional de Policía of Spain. They are stationed in Guadalajara near the capital, Madrid. The GEO has response capabilities and is responsible for VIP protection duties, as well as...
(Spain) - GOE (Portugal)
- GSG 9GSG 9The GSG 9 der Bundespolizei , is the elite counter-terrorism and special operations unit of the German Federal Police.-History and name:...
(Germany) - Joint Task Force 2Joint Task Force 2Joint Task Force 2 is an elite Special Operations Force of the Canadian Armed Forces primarily tasked with counter-terrorism operations...
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(Sweden) - Nucleo operativo centrale di sicurezzaNucleo Operativo Centrale di SicurezzaThe Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza is a special operations division of the Italian state police.-History:In 1974 the Chief of the Polizia di Stato Anti-Terrorism Bureau, Emilio Santillo, announced the necessity to establish a tactical unit with the capability to arrest known terrorists and...
(Italy) - Special Air ServiceSpecial Air ServiceSpecial Air Service or SAS is a corps of the British Army constituted on 31 May 1950. They are part of the United Kingdom Special Forces and have served as a model for the special forces of many other countries all over the world...
(UK) - Special Task ForceSouth African Police Service Special Task ForceThe South African Police Service Special Task Force is the special operations element of the South African Police Service .The STF is considered to be among the best of such units in the world....
(South Africa) - SWATSWATA SWAT team is an elite tactical unit in various national law enforcement departments. They are trained to perform high-risk operations that fall outside of the abilities of regular officers...
(U.S.A) - UIM (The Netherlands)
- YAMAMYamamThe Yamam ) is an elite Border police, not civilian Police counter-terrorism unit in Israel. The Yamam is capable of both hostage-rescue operations and offensive take-over raids against targets in civilian areas...
(Israel)
External links
- Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro State official website, in Portuguese
- CORE - Air operations
- November operations (in portuguese)