Military Police of Espírito Santo State

Military Police of Espírito Santo State
Polícia Militar do Estado do Espírito Santo
Military Police of Espírito Santo State; Polícia Militar do Estado do Espírito Santo
Abbreviation	PMES
Agency overview
Formed	April 6, 1835
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Espírito Santo, Brazil
	Map of police jurisdiction
Size	46,077.519 km2 (17,790.630 sq mi)
Population	3,464,285 (2006)
Constituting instrument	Article 42 of Constitution of Brazil;
General nature	Gendarmerie;
Operational structure
Headquarters	Vitória
Website
	www.pm.es.gov.br

The Polícia Militar do Estado do Espírito Santo ("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.

History

The PMES was established on 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 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.

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.

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, however, some citizens have complained about having to wait twenty minutes on the phone before CIODES answers their calls [1].

Organization

The actual PMES Commander is Colonel Oberacy Emmerich.

The PMES is divided in:

Special Units

Forest Police Company Companhia 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
Transit Battalion - Batalhão de Trânsito
Southern Ostensive Policement Command - Comando de Policiamento Ostensivo Sul
Northern Ostensive Policement Command - Comando de Policiamento Ostensivo Norte
Shocking Battalion - Batalhão de Choque
Air Transport and Operation Nucleus - Núcleo de Operação e Transporte Aéreo