Agencyname: | State Surveillance and Defense Police |
Nativename: | Polícia de Vigilância e Defesa do Estado |
Abbreviation: | PVDE |
Formedyear: | 1933 |
Preceding1: | Portuguese International Police Political and Social Defense Police |
Dissolved: | 1945 |
Superseding: | PIDE |
Country: | Portugal |
National: | yes |
Governingbody: | Government of Portugal |
Police: | yes |
Speciality1: | border |
The State Surveillance and Defense Police (Polícia de Vigilância e Defesa do Estado) (PVDE) was a police force of the Portuguese State, which operated between 1933 and 1945. The PVDE was responsible for border surveillance, control of foreigners, immigration control, and state security.