Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais

Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais
Patch & Beret Badge
Coat of arms
Common nameBOPE
MottoFaca na Caveira
Knife in the Skull / Victory Over Death
Agency overview
FormedJanuary 19, 1978 (1978-01-19)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Location of the State of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil
Legal jurisdictionRio de Janeiro
Governing bodyMilitary Police of Rio de Janeiro State
Operational structure
Agency executive
  • Lieutenant Colonel Marcelo de Castro Corbage, Commander
Parent agencyMilitary Police of Rio de Janeiro State

Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais (BOPE) (Portuguese: [bataˈʎɐ̃w dʒi opeɾaˈsõjs poliˈsjajz ispeˈsjajs]; literally "Battalion of Special Police Operations") is the tactical police unit and gendarmerie of the Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State (PMERJ) in Brazil.

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