Organization
With an area of expertise that covers all national territory, the Federal Police Department adopts the same structure shared by State Civil Police forces throughout the country, but with an administrative structure that allows planning, coordination and centralized control with decentralized execution. Integration with the other federal and state government agencies on a routine basis occur through formal requests, but eventually there is a high level of coordination.
The Director-General provides accounting and technical support agencies in Brasília, entrusted with the tasks of planning, coordination and control.
For the operational activities, the DPF has 27 regional superintendents, 54 Federal Police Delegations called Delegacias, 12 outposts, 02 maritime bases and 02 bases inland waterways.
The Brazilian Federal Police is essentially run by Police Commissioners (Delegados de Polícia Federal), who command investigations and overall manage manage the Agency. Forensic specialists (Peritos Criminais Federais) have full autonomy over the technical aspects of their area of expertise, but not over investigations per se. Commissioners also delegate tasks to Agents (Agentes de Polícia Federal), Notary Agents (Escrivães de Polícia Federal) and fingerprints specialists (Papiloscopistas Policiais Federais), especially field missions and responsibility over apprehended goods.
A Bachelor of Law degree is required for candidates to apply for a position as Commissioners, since they perform tasks similar in importance and complexity to those of a judge. No previous police experience is required. Candidates applying for a position as Agent, Notary Agent and fingerprints specialist require a bachelor degree in any area. Candidates applying for Forensics specialists should have specific degrees, depending on their area of expertise, such as Civil Engineering, Veterinary, Accounting and Chemistry degrees.
Admission tests for the Federal Police have one of the highest candidates per spot ratio in the Country, especially for the higher positions such as Commissioners and Forensics Specialists, who can earn $130,000+ per year at the end of the career.
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