Polícia Militar do Estado do Espírito Santo
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The Polícia Militar do Estado do Espírito Santo (Portuguese: "Military Police of the State of Espírito Santo"), also known as PMES, is a law enforcement organization that serves the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo.
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[edit] History
The PMES was established in April 6, 1835 by local state governor Manoel José Pires da Silva Pontes. After the military coup of 1889, which resulted in the transformation of Brazil from a monarchy into a Democratic Republic, the PMES was restructured and renamed Security Corps. Throughout the years, the organization changed names many times: Police Corps (1898), Military Police Corps (1908), Military Police Regiment (1924), Police Force (1933), Military Police Force (1940), and finally Military Police.
The Military Police of Espírito Santo has intervened in many regional conflicts including the Paraguayan War (1865), the Revolution at São Paulo (1924), the 1930 Revolution, the Constitutional Movement at São Paulo (1932), and the state riots in the North and Caparao regions. Today the PMES is mainly responsible for maintaining the public order in the state of Espirito Santo. PMES troops perform search and rescue missions, carry out civil defense actions, and are involved in the prevention and fighting of fires and explosions, usually in conjunction with the Military Fireman Corps.
[edit] Actions
The most violent regions in the state of Espírito Santo are located in the Serra and Cariacica municipalities of Greater Vitória. To prevent and combat crime there, the PMES regularly patrols those areas and actively seeks to attend to the necessities of the communities around the city. The PMES has developed safety education programs for the communities that it serves, conducting informational seminars and distributing booklets about public safety and drugs. These proactive actions have reportedly given the organization and its policemen a good image in the state.
[edit] Technology
The PMES has an integrated emergency system called the "Centro Integrado de Operações e Defesa Social (CIODES)". This system allows citizens to simultaneously reach the MPES, Fire Corps and the Civilian Police during an emergency by just dialing a single telephone number. Recently, hovewer, some citizens have complained about having to wait twenty minutes on the phone before CIODES answers their calls [1].
[edit] Organization
The actual PMES Commander is Colonel Paulo César Lugato.
The PMES is divided in:
1st BPM - Vitoria
2nd BPM - Nova Venecia
3rd BPM - Alegre
4th BPM - Vila Velha
5th BPM - Aracruz
6th BPM - Serra
7th BPM - Cariacica
8th BPM - Colatina
9th BPM - Cachoeiro de Itapemirim
10th BPM - Guarapari
11th BPM - Barra de São Francisco
2nd Independent Company - Afonso Cláudio
3rd Independent Company - Linhares
5th Independent Company - São Mateus
6th Independent Company - Domingos Martins
7th Independent Company - Iúna
8th Independent Company - Santa Teresa
Forest Police Corps Comapnhia de Polícia Ambiental
Mounted Police Regiment Regimento de Polícia Montada
Special Missions Battalion - Batalhão de Missões Especiais
Metropolitan Ostensive Policement Command - Comando de Policiamento Ostensivo Metropolitano
Southern Ostensive Policement Command - Comando de Policiamento Ostensivo Sul
Northern Ostensive Policement Command - Comando de Policiamento Ostensivo Norte
Shocking Battalion - Batalhão de Choque
Transit Battalion - Batalhão de Trânsito
Teaching and Instruction Dept - Diretoria de Ensino e Instrução
Human Resources Dept. - Diretoria de Pessoal
Computer Science Dept. - Diretoria de Informática
Intelligence Dept. - Diretoria de Inteligência
Social Promotion Dept. - Diretoria de Promoção Social
Logistic Support Dept. - Diretoria de Apoio Logístico
Financial Dept. - Diretoria de Finanças
Air Transport and Operation Nucleus - Núcleo de Operação e Transporte Aéreo
Corregedoria - A internal organization which investigates Police Excesses.
[edit] Ranks
PMES uses the same rank system of all PM corporations over Brazil
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
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