State Surveillance and Defense Police

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State Surveillance and Defense Police Polícia de Vigilância e Defesa do Estado
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Abbreviation	PVDE
Agency overview
Formed	1933
Preceding agency	Portuguese International Police Political and Social Defense Police
Dissolved	1945
Superseding agency	PIDE
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	Portugal
Operations jurisdiction	Portugal
Governing body	Government of Portugal
General nature	Civilian police
Specialist jurisdiction	National border patrol, security, and integrity.

The State Surveillance and Defense Police (Polícia de Vigilância e Defesa do Estado) (PVDE) was a police force of the Portuguese State, which operated between 1933 and 1945. The PVDE was responsible for border surveillance, control of foreigners, immigration control, and state security.