Though Brazil has a paramilitary police force in every state, plus an élite public security police force on call, it still makes use of constitutional provisions for the deployment of the armed forces to deal with internal security emergencies. It also makes regular use of provisions for joint actions with the police and other government agencies in border areas. Rather than with the armed forces it is with the state-level paramilitary police that it faces problems such as the use of excessive force in crowd control and a propensity to use lethal force against suspected criminals.End of preview - This article contains approximately 1028 words.
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