 Trained as a civilian uniformed agency, the city guards are responsible to police the municipal parks, properties, installations and the interior of municipal councils and city halls, according to the Brazilian Federal Constitution.Their patrols are called "rondas" (rounds) and there are 1,200 municipalities with Municipal Guards with more than 120,000 operatives according with the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics.They are treated as police officers by the former president of the IPA (International Police Association) Brazilian section, Mr. George Henry Millard.