Department of Political and Social Order

"DOPS" redirects here. For 3,4-dihydroxyphenylserine, see Droxidopa.

The Department of Political and Social Order (Portuguese: Departamento de Ordem Política e Social) or DOPS was a secret police organ of the Brazilian government, notably used by the Estado Novo of Getúlio Vargas and the military dictatorship established by the coup of 1964.^[1] The DOPS was established in 1924.^[2] It was responsible for controlling and repressing political movements against the government.^[3]

Under the military dictatorship installed in 1964, the DOPS was overseen by Sérgio Paranhos Fleury, who was accused of torture and homicide but died before trial.^[4]