Municipal Guards

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Municipal Guards (Portuguese: Guardas Municipais, singular: Guarda Municipal), also called the Municipal Civil Guards (Guardas Civis Municipais, singular: Municipal Civil Guard), are the Municipal police forces of municipalities (cities) of Brazil. They are subordinated to the municipality mayors (prefeitos). Trained as a civilian uniformed agency, the city guards are responsible for protecting the municipal properties and installations, according to the Brazilian Federal Constitution.

Their patrols are called rondas (rounds) and there are 1,200 municipalities with Municipal Guards with more than 120,000 operatives according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics.