Data from a survey carried out by the Brazilian Public Security Forum (FBSP) in partnership with Unicef released on Tuesday (16) show that between 2020 and 2022, 62 battalions of the Military Police of the State of São Paulo incorporated portable operational cameras (COP) during the service routine. The difference in pre-COP and post-COP numbers is stark. In 2017, there were 171 deaths caused by interventions by military police (MDIP) on duty for young people between 15 and 19 years old. In 2021, the year following the implementation of the cameras, there were 42 deaths (-75%). In 2022, 34 deaths were recorded, the lowest number in the historical series (-80.1%, compared to 2017). In the battalions that incorporated the use of body cameras, there was a 76.2% reduction in the lethality of military police officers on duty between 2019 and 2022, while in the other battalions the decrease was 33.3%. The study found that the implementation of cameras on uniforms also reduced the number of police deaths on duty and off duty. In 2020, for example, 18 MPs were murdered while working; in 2021, there were four (-77%); already in 2022, six deaths (- 66%).
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Our Analysis:
Police interactions teenagers in São Paulo with are seen as violent by researchers. While the national average of teenagers killed in police interventions is 12%, in São Paulo it reached 35% in 2017, before the implementation of the program. With the implementation of body cameras and other control measures, teenagers are no longer the main group victimized by the police.
11/05/2023 – An artist and illustrator fell victim to the SIM Swap scam. In this type of crime, a criminal goes to an operator’s store, after obtaining the victim’s number, presents false documents and transfers the number to another chip, in another device. With that, the owner of the line has no signal. With the hijacking of the cell phone number, scammers can enter the victims’ accounts. In this way, the owner of the device loses all access to app. The victim said she was at her home when her cell phone signal stopped working. After a few minutes, she also lost access to her bank accounts and social media. Criminals also used social media profile to scam followers.
13/05/2023 – CPTM security guards attacked a man at the Guaianases station, on line 11-Coral, East Zone. A video recorded by passengers shows the moment when one of the outsourced security guards punches the passenger in the belly while trying to contain him.
13/05/2023 – Criminals were arrested after trying to exchange stolen cell phones for drugs in the Cracolândia region, downtown São Paulo. As they carried out the transaction, they were approached by the Metropolitan Civil Guard (GCM). During the escape, criminals broke into the home of a 73-year-old woman, who broke her arm after being pushed.
14/05/2023 – A 50-year-old Military Police officer was killed after reacting to a robbery in Vila Alpina, East Zone. He was riding a luxury motorcycle when he was approached by two criminals who were on another motorcycle. The police officer reacted and had a shooting with them. He was rescued and taken to the hospital but succumbed to his injuries.
14/05/2023 – A retired Civil Police clerk was shot during an attempted robbery at a bakery in the Americanópolis neighborhood, South Zone. He was inside the bakery when a group of four criminals broke in and announced the robbery. The victim reacted and had a shooting with the criminals. The retiree was shot and taken to the hospital, where he underwent surgery and is doing well. The criminals fled.
15/05/2023 – An influencer was robbed on Avenida Mascote, in the Vila Mascote neighborhood, South Zone, when she was on her way to the gym. The criminal impersonated an app food delivery person and pretended to ask for information, when the influencer stopped to help, he announced the robbery. The criminal fled taking the influencer’s cell phone.
15/05/2023 – The Military Police (PM) arrested two men for the robbery of two cars, in the Parque Novo Mundo, North Zone. During the approach, they reacted and there was pursuit. According to information from the Military Police, criminals were in a stolen car and with the license plate changed when they approached a driver via app who was with a passenger. They stole the victims’ car and belongings and headed towards a community in the region. The victims called the PM who, while patrolling along Avenida Educador Paulo Freire, located the vehicle and began a pursuit that only stopped when the criminals crashed the car.
16/05/2023 – A man was referred to a health unit after having a psychological breakdown and trying to attack people at Tietê Plaza Shopping, in Pirituba, North Zone. When police teams arrived at the scene, the criminal had already fled, however, he was located on Avenida Raimundo Pereira de Magalhães, holding two knives. A video shows the moment the man was chased by the police. A teaser was used to contain him, but there was no physical damage to him.
16/05/2023 – An attendant, aged 22, had her motorcycle stolen in front of her house on Rua Carlos Morgado, in the Vila Medeiros neighborhood, North Zone. A security camera recorded the moment when criminals see the motorcycle parked, stop, and start the motorcycle from below, messing with the wires. The criminals’ action lasted twenty seconds.
17/05/2023 – A criminal, arrested for participating in a massacre, fled from the police station where he had been held for three years in Vila Carrão, East Zone. He managed to escape from the location, which is underground and is monitored by cameras, without leaving a trace. Civil Police are now investigating the case.
18/05/2023 – A group of criminals invaded and robbed a medical clinic in the neighborhood of Moema, South Zone. Security cameras show the moment when the gang invades an optician during the night and steals more than 700 goods. At least five men and one woman participated in the crime. Criminals knew where the alarms and sensors were installed and managed to disable all security.
19/05/2023 – The digital influencer Lucas Viana suffered an attempted robbery while driving down on Indianópolis Avenue, in the Indianapolis neighborhood, South Zone. According to him, armed men got in front of the car and told him to stop, he reacted by accelerating the vehicle and almost got shot. The bullet went through the car and passed inches from the businessman.
