The Military Police of Acre State () are the preventive police force of the state of Acre. In Brazil, Military Police are reserve and ancillary forces of the Brazilian Army, and part of the System of Public Security and Brazilian Social Protection. Its members are called "State Military" person. Organization The Military Police of Acre State is formed by battalions, companies, and platoons. The battalions () and independent companies () are organized into Regional Commands (). These Commands are in major urban centers, and their battalions and companies are distributed according to population density in cities. History The official history is that from 1904 to 1916, public security in the Acrean Territory was exercised by the Brazilian Army. On May 25, 1916, the Federal Government, through Decree No. 12.077, created the Regional Companies, with the objective of maintaining public order in each Department, including the then newly created Alto / Tarauacá. Regional Companies are considered to be the embryo that gave rise to today's Military Police. The 1964 coup solved the problem, according to the ideas of the national security ideology, seeking the creation of an auxiliary military force, trained to respond to the guerrilla acts unleashed by organizations that challenged, through the armed struggle, the dictatorship then established. The Military Police replaced, say, the "Public Forces" and the "Civil Guards", those in popular confrontations and those in preventive policing, under the direct control of the Army. This is how Decree-Law 667, of July 2, 1969, assigned to the Ministry of the Army the control and coordination of the Military Police through the Army's General Staff throughout the national territory, by the armies and military commands of areas in the respective jurisdictions (sic) by the military regions in the national territories, the position of inspector general of the Military Police being performed by a brigadier general, in active service. Due to lack of structure, the PMAC only came to be concretely installed on March 31, 1974. It is worth mentioning that for the purpose of commemorating his birthday, Law No. 812 of December 5, 1984, established the date of May 25, 1916 as the initial mark of PMAC. Mission and organization The PMAC's primary mission is to deter and control crime throughout the state, often by patrolling streets or public facilities in cities, such as schools. However, it is also responsible for monitoring the open lands, forests, rivers, and highways