The Tupiniquim Phoenix: the (re)inventions of the Military Police (1809-1936).

• Autor(a) principal: Loureiro, Samuel Robes
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Segurança Pública (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revista.forumseguranca.org.br/index.php/rbsp/article/view/1198
• topic: The History of Institutions. Public Security. Military Police Force. Brazilian Army.; História das instituições. Segurança Pública. Polícia Militar. Exército Brasileiro.

 Considering the history of the Brazilian Military Police and starting from a study of the connections between the history of the Brazilian Army (EB), the Military Police of the State of Rio de Janeiro (PMERJ) and the Military Police of the States of São Paulo (PMESP), this article questions the official history of the founding of these corporations in the 19th century as well as the common sense idea that they were created during the Brazilian military dictatorship (1964 – 1985). The study makes use of Thompson’s notion of historical processes and Braudel’s idea of long duration. The analysis of several different types of source material have provided evidence for the historical process of the founding of these corporations, the ways in which these are interwoven with the story of the EB, and continuities and changes that have occurred over the years. The article concludes that the corporations created in the 19th Century in order to serve the policing needs of the court and the city of São Paulo were marked by truculent actions. After the Revolution of 1930, they aligned with some EB officials and, like a phoenix, reinvented themselves in order to survive eminent extinction. With this, during the Vargas’ age they transformed into a new type of corporation: the Military Police, reserve and auxiliary force of the EB. This result demonstrates how determined institutions survive historical processes by way of mechanisms such as adaptations and reinvention.