In the state of São Paulo alone, the number of deaths of Military Police officers increased by more than 40% between January and November 2022 compared to the same period last year (2021). There were 11 cases in 2021 against 18 in 2022. Even when they are not in uniform, police officers are in danger. Many are robbed during their off-duty and killed when criminals find out about their profession.
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16/12/2022 – Two truck driver were freed from captivity in São Paulo. The Military Police believes that they fell into an ambush when they were hired by a supposed carrier but ended up kidnapped and the trucks stolen. The damage was almost R$ 50 thousand with the bank transfers made by the criminals.
17/12/2022 – A man was stabbed at the Sé station of the Metro line 1-Blue, in the historic center of São Paulo. According to the company, the passenger had already been injured at São Bento station and was rescued by security agents at the next stop, at Sé station. He reported that he was the victim of an attempted robbery.
17/12/2022 – A shooting between criminals and the police happened in Morumbi, West Zone. Security cameras show the moment when criminals invaded and robbed a house and ran into the police. The group split. Some fled through nearby streets. While one of the thieves tried to escape through the roofs of the houses and was arrested after falling in the backyard of the residence.
18/12/2022 – Armed criminals tried to rob a motorcyclist at an intersection in the Morumbi neighborhood, West Zone. However, the pilot was an off-duty military police officer, who pulled out his gun and shot the criminals. One of the criminals managed to escape. The other was shot and arrested.
18/12/2022 – A civil servant was kidnapped close to Shopping Villa Lobos, in the Pinheiros neighborhood, West Zone, by armed criminals after arranging to meet a woman he met through a dating app. The victim told the police that he had been talking to the woman for two days and that she invited him for a beer. Upon arriving at the meeting place, he did not find the woman and was approached by criminals who removed him from the car and threatened to shoot him if he reacted. He was kidnapped for approximately six hours: he was tied hand and foot inside a car. He was assaulted and forced to hand over his cards with bank passwords.
18/12/2022 – Criminals robbed a store in Vila Odete, East Zone. Among them, there was a pregnant woman who distracted the attendant. Meanwhile, the other two criminals announced the robbery. They took clothes and 80 pairs of slippers.
19/12/2022 – A family was kidnapped in Guaianases, East Zone. Criminals impersonated civilian police officers and asked victims to get into a car to go to the police station. Along the way they announced it was a kidnapping. One of the criminals was arrested, but the rest of the gang managed to escape.
20/11/2022 – Civil Police carried out Operation Diamond, with the objective of combating drug trafficking in Cracolândia, in downtown São Paulo. Four criminals were arrested. The investigation began with a criminal, known as Carlinhos, who, according to the corporation, is in charge of all crime in the community, from trafficking to kidnapping, torture, homicide and the sale of ammunition and weapons.
20/12/2022 – Criminals killed an app driver in Jardim Angela, South Zone. The victim got a call to make a race, but the customers turned out to be armed robbers. First, he received a rear-naked choke still inside the car, tried to flee, but was shot. Afterwards, the man was run over in the escape of the criminals.
