Abbreviation PFF Federal agency Brazil | Formed 26 Juny 1862 | |
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Legal personality Governmental: Government agency General nature Federal law enforcement
Civilian police Specialist jurisdiction Railways, tramways, and-or rail transit systems. | ||
The Brazilian Federal Railroad Police (US English) or Federal Railway Police (British English) (Portuguese: Polícia Ferroviária Federal) was a police agency founded in 1852 which was responsible for patrols and security on federal railways in Brazil, however the organisation does not exist formally anymore.
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History
This agency was created in 1852, by decree of the emperor Dom Pedro II being the oldest police agency on Brazil. Was created to protect all riches that were carried on iron rails. There are some proposals in the Brazilian Senate to reactivate this police agency, as it is considered important to national security. With the considerable amount of railway lines in Brazil being privatized in 1996, the function of this agency has become even more limited, leading to their gradual disappearance.
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.