National Public Security Force

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National Public Security Force Força Nacional de Segurança Pública
Abbreviation	FNSP
Agency overview
Formed	2004
Employees	6,000 - 10,000 officers (variable)
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency	Brazil
Operations jurisdiction	Brazil
General nature	Federal law enforcement Gendarmerie
Operational structure
Headquarters	Brasília, DF

The National Public Security Force (Portuguese: Força Nacional de Segurança Pública) was created in 2004 and is headquartered in Brasília, in the Federal District, as a joint cooperation of various Brazilian Public Safety forces, co-ordinated by the National Secretariat of Public Security (Portuguese: Secretaria Nacional de Segurança Pública - SENASP), of the Ministry of Justice. It was created during the administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, as a concept developed by then Minister of Justice, Márcio Thomaz Bastos.

The National Force is composed of the most qualified civil and military police personnel, military firefighters and experts loaned from each of the states of Brazil. It is deployed in cases of major security crisis to augment local security forces by the request of local authorities. It is similar in its regiment, action, and use to the USA's National Guard.^[1]