Avui, pràcticament tota la policia urbana del Brasil està constituïda per policia militar vinculada al govern de cada estat i d'aquesta manera el país continua essent l'únic del món a tenir una força policial que opera fora de les casernes.
Today, almost all urban policing in Brazil is done by military police attached to the governments of each state, and the country remains the only one in the world to have a police force that operates out of the military barracks.