2-36. The theater army normally receives one military police (MP) command when more than one MP brigade is required. The MP command reinforces and augments tactical-level MP efforts and develops theater detention areas or dislocated civilian operations bases. The commander of the MP command also serves as the commander of detainee operations. The MP brigade is one of the Army’s functional brigades. It can command up to five mission-tailored MP battalions; integrate capabilities from all three MP disciplines (police operations, detention operations, and security and mobility support); and integrate police intelligence operations. It can also command other non-MP units (focused on performing area support, detention, or dislocated civilian tasks) and synchronize MP support across multiple organizations that control an AO in support of stability tasks. A functional MP brigade is not designed to control terrain; significant augmentation and task organization would be required to assign an MP brigade an AO.