Coordenadoria de Recursos Especiais

Coordenadoria de Recursos Especiais
Coordenadoria de Recursos Especiais
Active	1969–present
Country	Brazil
Type	Police tactical unit
Garrison/HQ	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nickname(s)	CORE
Colors	Black
Mascot(s)	M16 crossed and knife in the skull
Anniversaries	4 July 1969

The Coordenadoria de Recursos Especiais (Portuguese for Coordination of Special Assets), best known by its acronym CORE, is a tier two police tactical unit of the Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro State that specialized in quick response to emergencies with SWAT unit tactics. It was formed on 4 July 1969 and is comparable to São Paulo's GOE.

Duties

Apprehension of armed and dangerous criminals.
Counterterrorism and hostage rescue crisis management.
High-risk tactical law enforcement.
High-risk VIP's escort.
Operating in difficult to access terrain.
Operations against organized crimes.
Providing security in areas at risk of attack or terrorism.
Responding to emergency crises with SWAT unit tactics.
Search and arrest dangerous criminals according to arrest warrants.
Support crowd control and riot control.

Services

Its structure is composed of the following operating units:

Serviço de Operações e Táticas Especiais (SOTE) - Special Operations and Tactics Service
- Seção de Snipers; - Sniper Section
- Seção de Operações Táticas (SOT) - Tactical Operations Section
- Grupo de Operações Especiais (GOE) - Special Operations Group
- Seção de Operações Aéreas (SOA) - Air Operations Section
- Seção de Operações Marítimas e Ribeirinhas (SOMAR) - Maritime and Riverine Operations Section
- Seção de Gerenciamento de Crises (SGC) - Crisis Management Section
- Seção de Treinamento Especializado (STE) - Specialized Training Section
- Seção de Logística e Equipamentos (SLE) - Logistic and Equipment Section
Serviço de Apoio Policial (SAP) - Police Support Service
Serviço de Planejamento Operacional (SPO) - Operational Planning Service
Serviço Aeropolicial (SAER) - Air Police Service
Esquadrão Anti-bomba (EAB) - Bomb Squad
Serviço de Suporte Operacional (SESOP) - Operational Support Service

Weapons

Glock pistols
Heckler & Koch MP5
FN FAL^[1]
M16A2 Commando^[1]
Colt M4 MONOLITHIC CQB
ArmaLite AR-10
Armalite SuperSASS^[2]
Minimi MK2^[1]

Armoured Vehicles

CORE has armoured vehicles, popularly known caveirões, used mainly in operations where conflict with drug traffickers is likely. The main purpose of these armoured vehicles is to protect trim elements and destroy barriers used by drug traffickers. Armoured vehicles are still essential in supporting the rescue of trapped police units and in removing the wounded from confrontations.