Rodrigo R. Pimentel

{{BLP sources|date=February 2008}}

{{Expand Portuguese|topic=bio|Rodrigo Pimentel|date=January 2012}}

Rodrigo Pimentel (born on March 2, 1971, in Rio de Janeiro) is a former member of BOPE, the elite group of the Brazilian Military Police. Pimentel co-wrote the film Elite Squad, based on a book he co-wrote with sociologist Luiz Eduardo Soares and former BOPE captain André Batista.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/14/world/americas/14tropa.html?_r=1&fta=y|title=A Violent Police Unit, on Film and in Rio's Streets|last=Barrionuevo|first=Alexei|date=14 October 2007|work=The New York Times|accessdate=17 October 2010}} He is also noted to have participated in the Brazilian documentary by João Moreira Salles, News From a Personal War (Noticias de uma Guerra Particular).