Civil police officers from the Special Resources Coordination (Core) will need to use body cameras, in vehicles and in helicopters during operations in Rio de Janeiro, starting on the 22nd. The decision, signed by Civil Police Secretary Marcus Amim, was published in the Official Gazette this Thursday (11).
The Civil Police Secretariat informed that the Subsecretariat for Planning and Operational Integration (SSPIO) will be responsible for training agents and preparing a Standard Operating Procedure.
The objective of adopting the system is to reduce police lethality and increase the transparency of actions.
In July last year, the Rio government published a decree that made it mandatory for agents of the Civil and Military police special forces to wear cameras in uniform.
The measure complied with a determination by the Minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) Edson Fachin. Despite this, the Civil Police had not yet announced when the cameras will be installed on Core agents' uniforms.
“The Government of the State of Rio is complying with the schedule for installing cameras on police uniforms. We acquired 21,571 portable operational cameras, representing the largest tender of its kind in the country, through an investment of 2.5 billion in public security. (…) The tool aims to protect the lives of police officers”, said the Secretary of Public Security, Victor dos Santos.
Bope body cameras
Last Monday (8), the Special Operations Battalion (BOPE) of the Military Police had also started using this type of equipment.
The installation of cameras on BOPE uniforms came to light after the death of three men considered suspects during a Battalion operation in Complexo de Israel, in the north of Rio.
The deaths were recorded as resistance, but videos circulating on social media suggest that at least two suspects were already surrendered when they were shot. The action also ended with the death of PM sergeant Leonardo Maciel da Rocha.
According to the PM, so far 11,249 cameras have been implemented and another 1,660 are in the implementation phase, for a total of 13 thousand units contracted. The next step is to attach the cameras to agents working on expressways.
The Secretary of Military Police, Colonel Luiz Henrique Marinho Pires, stated, in a press conference, that by the end of the first semester, all units should receive body cameras. In total, around 90% of agents across the corporation already have the equipment.
Also in accordance with the STF's determination, it will also be necessary for the internal affairs bodies of the two corporations to adopt procedures to create a commission responsible for analyzing the content generated by the cameras in ongoing disciplinary administrative procedures and for authorizing sharing, protection or disclosure.
Source: CNN Brasil
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