The new police chief responsible for São Paulo central region, Jair Barbosa Ortiz, said he will review the operations carried out by his predecessor in cracolândia and defends less police violence against drug users. The last action by investigators in the user flow was carried out at the end of December, and there is still no forecast for its resumption.
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Only the Military Police
Since the beginning of the Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans) government, only the Military Police (PM) has acted in Cracolândia until now. On Wednesday (18/01), PMs occupied Praça Princesa Isabel, which received a concentration of users last year.
Not Cost Effective
According to Ortiz, the resumption of operations is under study. He claims that more than 80% of those arrested in these operations had their case dismissed after the judiciary denied the charge of criminal association. “I’m not satisfied with the cost effectiveness of the Operation Coronte,” he said.
According to him, the dispersion of users throughout downtown, a side effect of police operations, harms the work of health and social agents. “If before I had a team to accompany the users, now I need 16 teams because of the dispersion over several points”.
The constancy of the operations, carried out on a weekly basis, had as another negative effect the lack of availability of civil police officers to investigate other crimes. The central region had a record high in robberies and thefts last year. The numbers recorded between January and October were the highest since 2002.
Security Cameras
As part of the plan to be presented by the Tarcísio administration for Cracolândia, the police chief mentioned the installation of 300 security cameras in public spots and on the facade of shops and residences to create a ‘big brother’ in the region. The idea is to create an intelligence room where teams can monitor everything in real time.
