Today, almost all urban policing in Brazil is done by military police attached to the governments of each state, and the country remains the only one in the world to have a police force that operates out of the military barracks.
Avui, pràcticament tota la policia urbana del Brasil està constituïda per policia militar vinculada al govern de cada estat i d'aquesta manera el país continua essent l'únic del món a tenir una força policial que opera fora de les casernes.