Rio Operations Center (COR)

The Rio Operations Center (COR) was the first Olympic equipment delivered by Rio’s City Hall. Inaugurated in December 2010, six years before the Rio 2016 Games, the building serves as the headquarters for the integration of urban operations in the municipality. About 30 agencies (municipal secretariats and utilities) are integrated into the building to monitor the city’s operation and minimize its impacts on citizen routine or during major events. 24 hours a day, seven days a week, the COR seeks to anticipate solutions by alerting responsible sectors of the risks and urgent measures that should be taken in emergencies such as heavy rainfall, landslides and traffic accidents. More than 500 professionals take turns in different shifts in this city monitoring.

BPTur – Tourist Police Battalion

It’s a special operational unit of the State of Rio de Janeiro Military Police, being the only battalion dedicated to the ostensible policing in areas of great tourist flow in the state capital. Also available to support congress and events that attract large numbers of tourists, reinforcing the policing on the region where the event takes place. In addition, amongst the government initiatives to grant security are the projects “Rio Presente” and “Rio + Seguro” which operates in areas of large tourist concentration reinforcing security with policeman and municipal guards that are retired or on day off duty. The implementation of these two projects have been reducing considerably the number of incidents, mainly in the Downtown and South Zone areas. Also, the operation of BPTur and the increase of police force in the streets have impacted positively in the quality of life of residents and tourists. Besides all the above measures, it is usual to have security reinforcement in areas where big events are taking place.

BPTur, in addition to being the battalion responsible for consular activities in Rio de Janeiro, works very closely with other specialized commands, such as expressways, highways and crowd control. All this connection between battalions of different specialties, guarantee the necessary security for events in the city.

Through the partnership established between the Rio Convention and Visitors Bureau and BPTur, it is possible to provide police reinforcement for events by analyzing each demand.

These measures will further enhance security and wellbeing of all visitors in Rio de Janeiro. It is of utmost priority to the city to provide a trouble-free and most pleasant experience to all our visitors