THE sECCR, Urban Security of São Paulo, Orlando Morando announced in an interview with CNN that Paulista Avenue has become one of the main targets of theft and small thefts. Therefore, the city is starting a special security program for the region .
The “Paulista Operation” is an initiative of municipal management to promote safety in São Paulo.
This program involves the position of 386 municipal police and additional military police across Paulista Avenue and the quadrangle around, instead of just along the avenue itself.
The operation foresees an staff of 376 municipal police officers acting 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The special security scheme also includes 36 vehicles, 9 IOP vehicles (Special Operations), 18 motorcycles, 4 bicycles, 4 rollerblade, 2 drones, 1 smartdog, 1 bus for monitoring (Smartbus), 16 metropolitan guards with 8 sniffer dogs, and 52 bilingual security cameras. The monitoring will be performed in real time, by Smartbus, a bus equipped with technology to accompany the images of the cameras installed on the avenue.
Preferred region of criminals
THE Avenida Paulista one of the main postcards of the city, registered an average of 31 theft and 5 robberies per month, according to data from Urban Security Secretariat referring to the period from August 2024 to January 2025. In total, 3,951 occurrences recorded during this period.
Orlando Morando , Urban Security Secretary of São Paulo granted an interview to CNN to discuss the scenario and the measures adopted by the city. You Critical Points Maps include the MASP the stations of Trianon-Masp Metro, Consolation and Brigadeiro a Rua Augusta the Polycea Building the Consulate of Japan the Parque Mario Covas and the Itaú Cultural .
THE city hall identified the Avenida Paulista as one of the preferred regions for the action of criminals. THE monitoring of the situation is constant, according to Live and several measures are being implemented to combat the crime in the region.
Change of profile of criminals
THE Urban Security Secretary He explained that the profile of criminals has changed in recent years. Crimes smaller, as cellular thefts they became more frequent, while large crimes how bank robberies they decreased.
The high concentration of subway and the increase in the flow of people in the region are pointed out as factors that contribute to the increase of robberies . To live, the the Ument in the flow of people and concentration of subway stations contribute to crime.
THE Secretary He highlighted, in an interview with CNN the importance of constant monitoring of the region for the implementation of effective measures of security . The actions of city hall aim to curb the performance of criminals in Avenida Paulista and guarantee the security of all who circulate through the region.
This content was originally published in SP: City Hall announces Special Security Program for Avenida Paulista on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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