Military Police (MP)

Military police (MP) are law enforcement agencies connected with, or part of, the military of a state. In different countries it may refer to:

• A section of the military responsible for policing the areas of responsibility of the armed forces (referred to as provosts) against all criminal activity by military or civilian personnel
• A section of the military responsible for policing in both the armed forces and in the civilian population (most gendarmeries, such as the French gendarmerie and the Dutch Marechaussee)
• A section of the military solely responsible for policing the civilian population (such as the Austrian Gendarmerie or the Chliean Carabineros)
• The preventive police forces of each Brazilian state (Policia Militar), responsible for policing the civilian population, which become auxiliary forces of the Brazilian Army.

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Military police (MP) are law enforcement agencies connected with, or part of, the military of a state. In different countries it may refer to:

• A section of the military responsible for policing the areas of responsibility of the armed forces (referred to as provosts) against all criminal activity by military or civilian personnel
• A section of the military responsible for policing in both the armed forces and in the civilian population (most gendarmeries, such as the French gendarmerie and the Dutch Marechaussee)
• A section of the military solely responsible for policing the civilian population (such as the Austrian Gendarmerie or the Chliean Carabineros)
• The preventive police forces of each Brazilian state (Policia Militar), responsible for policing the civilian population, which become auxiliary forces of the Brazilian Army.

Subject ID: 3948

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