Expected to gather thousands of people on May 24 and 25, in São Paulo, the Cultural Virada must have a robust security scheme. According to the city, the model follows the molds adopted at this year’s carnival and, next weekend, should have more than 10,000 security agents on the streets.
The disguised police officers who have used fantasies at carnival now should adopt a new strategy. In an interview with CNN the Secretary of Culture, Totó Parente, explained the security scheme that has already been assembled.
“We will repeat the same scheme at the turn. There will be about 10,000 men and women from the Military Police, the Civil Guard, the Civil Police, the private agents, the shock battalion, the kennel, the cavalry, not to mention the cameras of Smam Sampa. They will have civil and military police in the middle of the shows, the helicopter of the Military Police with camera. Safe, ”he said.
Virada Cultural 2025 will have attractions throughout the city and, for the first time, the largest number of stages on the outskirts: of the 21 major stages, 16 will be located in the neighborhoods of the South, East, North and West zones, and five stages in the central region.
Of the 26,000 smart cameras installed in São Paulo by the Sampa program, more than 3,000 are in the central region. Equipment should be used for facial recognition of possible criminals. “We are expanding the use of technology in combating crime. Drones equipped with high resolution cameras and facial recognition systems are already being used in strategic areas,” said the secretary.
This content was originally published in a cultural turn will have drones with facial recognition and agents disguised on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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