This Content Is Only For Subscribers
To unlock this content, subscribe to INTERLIRA Reports.
The Court of Justice of São Paulo (TJ-SP) determined, on Friday (22/09), that all police officers who work in Operation Escudo, in Baixada Santista, must use body cameras attached to their uniform. The Public Defender’s Office of São Paulo and the NGO Conectas Human Rights filed a lawsuit, on 5 September, requesting mandatory use of the equipment for civil and military police officers. Furthermore, the state must establish some parameters for the actions of officers around schools and daycare centres. They must only occur in exceptional cases, respecting the entry and exit times of the locations, in addition to providing prior justification. Operation Escudo began after the death of police officer Patrick Bastos Reis, from Rondas Ostensivas Tobias Aguiar (ROTA), on July 27. By the beginning of September, the number of deaths as a result of police action had reached 27.
21/09/2022 – Two men, aged 38 and 48, were arrested by the police for two robberies that occurred in the Aparecida and Ponta da Praia neighborhoods. During the robbery, they entered the garage of the victim’s condominium and took a bicycle, a bag with three beach tennis rackets, a vacuum cleaner, and a computer monitor. The police managed to identify the two individuals who were already being investigated for committing another theft in which they stole a bicycle from the garage of a house.
23/09/2022 – A woman, fugitive from justice, was arrested by the Municipal Civil Guard (GCM) in Praia José Menino. The agents were patrolling the region around 11:30 am when they approached the criminal. She had two outstanding arrest warrants against her for robbery.
