Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais (BOPE) is the police tactical unit and gendarmerie of the Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State (PMERJ) in Brazil. Due to the nature of crime in favelas, BOPE units utilize equipment deemed more powerful than traditional civilian law enforcement, and have extensive experience in urban warfare as well as progression in confined and restricted environments.
BOPE officers in a joint counter-terrorism exercise with COMANF.
E-11 Urutu units in front of Duque de Caxias Palace and Central do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro.
Paramount Maverick.
BOPE Operator during training
The National Public Security Force was created in 2004 and is headquartered in Brasília, in the Federal District, as a joint cooperation of various Brazilian Public Safety forces, co-ordinated by the National Secretariat of Public Security, of the Ministry of Justice. It was created during the administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, as a concept developed by then Minister of Justice, Márcio Thomaz Bastos.
Agents of the National Public Security Force active.
Officers and Nissan Xterra vehicles of the National Public Security Force.
NPSF in Brasília in 2016.
National Public Security Force officers in urban combat uniforms.