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Brazilian Federal Railroad Police
Polícia Ferroviária Federal |
| Common name |
Federal Railroad Police |
| Abbreviation |
PFF |
| Agency Overview |
| Formed |
1852 |
| Legal personality |
Governmental agency |
| Jurisdictional Structure |
| Federal agency |
Brazil |
| General nature |
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| Specialist jurisdiction |
Railways, tramways, and-or rail transit systems |
| Operational Structure |
| Headquarters |
Brasília, Brazil |
| Sworn members |
140 |
|
The Brazilian Federal Railroad Police (Portuguese: Polícia Ferroviária Federal) is a police agency responsable for ostensible patrol and security on federal railways in Brazil.
[edit] 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 140 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.
[edit] 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[1].
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[edit] Notes and references
- ^ The complete text can be read in WikiSource.
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