the rio tourist police is located on avenida afrânio de melo franco, 159 leblon, and can be reached via telephone at 21 2332.2924 / 2332.2885 / 2332.2889 and acts in coordination with the batalhão de policiamento em áreas turísticas, responsible for protection of people and goods in areas with high influx of visitors.

furthermore, we have listed here the websites and contact information of the various government agencies and security forces available in rio de janeiro.

the federal police (polícia federal), which can assist individuals with documents, visas, passports, can be contacted at the number 194 or via the official website - their official head office is located on avenida rodrigues alves, 1 centro, which can be contacted via telephone at 21 2203.4000.

the city police (polícia civil), which helps citizens and visitors with normal police matters, such as mugging and robberies, can be contacted at the number 190 or via the official website - they are separate from the rio tourist police listed before.