The state of Sao Paulo recorded a 120 % increase in the number of children and adolescents’ deaths due to the police interventions between 2022 and 2024. The data is from the “São Paulo Police Cameras in the Military Police Report The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Brazilian Public Security Forum (FBSP).
Growth occurred at the same time when changes were implemented in protocols using body cameras and other mechanisms to control the power of the police. According to the study, 77 children and adolescents died between 10 and 19 years of police interventions in 2024, more than the weakness of the 35 victim registered in 2022.
The report also indicates that among all the violent deaths of children and adolescents, 34 % was caused by the military police last year, an increase of 24 % of 2022. Between adults, the percentage also increased from 9 % to 18 % in the same period.
“Police interventions are the second main cause of violent death between children and adolescents in São Paulo, with 1 out of 3 deaths in this age group due to the actions of military police officers in service. This scenario enhances the urgent need to invest in public security policies that actually protect them in order to be the goddess, writing, writing, writing, and writing.
The report also sheds light on growth in the number of military police officers who were killed in service. In 2024, 14 agents were killed while performing their duties, which represents a 133 % increase compared to 2022.
Changes in security policies
The first edition of the study, published in 2023, indicated that between 2019 and 2022, there was a 66.3 % decrease in the death of children and adolescents in police interventions, due to the use of body cameras and the adoption of strict policies to control the police force.
However, from 2022, this scenario changed. Between 2022 and 2024, the total number of deaths of military police officers in service grew by 153.5 %, from 256 victims in 2022 to 649 by 2024. Police fragmentation was recorded in each of the battalion using body cameras (+175.4 %) and those who are not used (+129.5 %).
“The recent changes in the control policies have led to the growth of the killers of the police in both brochures that use cameras and others, indicating that technology is important, but it must be linked to other control mechanisms. Samira Bueno, Executive Director of the Brazilian Public Security Forum.
The report also indicates other changes in the state’s police control structure. Between 2022 and 2024, there was a 46 % reduction in the number of discipline boards, which govern crimes committed by military police boxes, in addition to a 12.1 % decrease in the number of disciplinary administrative procedures. The size of the military police inquiries in 2024 has been smaller in the past eight years.
There was another important change in the Military Police Office, which since June 2024 depended on the license of the Deputy Commander -in -Chief of the Prime Minister to reject the police involved in serious cases, which may affect the lightness of decisions and investigations.
In addition, the SSP-SP Public Security Secretariat suggested changes in the body camera program. A notification issued in 2024 stipulates that the registration is no longer continuing, depending on manual activation by a police officer or a distant team. According to the study, this amendment may lead to the transparency and effectiveness of the police curricula.
Victims profile
The report also reveals that the police murderer has unpaved in a black population. While the death rate for white persons increased by 122.8 % between 2022 and 2024, the black rate grew by 157.2 %.
Between children and adolescents, the rate of military police discourse was 0.33 per 100,000 eggs, while this number rose to 1.22 per 100,000 – that is, black and adolescent children more than 3.7 times more than the victims of deadly police interventions than eggs.
Police’s fatal growth remained even compared to the epidemic period. In 2022, every thousand arrests or bouts of law, 2.3 people were killed by the police. In 2024, this percentage doubled more than twice, as it reached 5.3 deaths per 1,000 arrests or seizures.
The report highlights that there is no unique solution to the problem of deadly violence and that public security policies must be based on scientific evidence to protect society and the police.
What SSP says
In a statement, SSP stated that “the state security forces do not pressure the behavior of behavior or abuses by their agents, punishing the absolute rigor of all incidents of this nature.”
The portfolio also indicates that “since 2023, more than 550 police officers have been arrested and expelled or expelled, which enhances the commitment of the General Security Secretariat to legitimacy and transparency.”
Note – SSP
The State Security Forces do not condone the deviations of behavior or surplus of their agents, and all the events of this type are punished with the absolute rigor of this type. Since 2023, more than 550 police officers have been arrested and 364 have been rejected or expelled, which enhances the commitment of the General Security Security to legitimacy and transparency.
Police institutions maintain strong training programs and vocational training, as well as specialized risk mitigating committees, which work in determining non -conformity and improving operating procedures. By identifying the SSP, all MDIP cases are investigated by the Civil and Military Police, while monitoring Corringorias, the public prosecutor and the judiciary.
Regarding operating cameras, current management increased by 18.5 % of the number of equipment. The new devices, currently in the test phase, have new features, such as reading signs, bilateral connection and remote drive, which will be activated once the team is sent to happen. In addition, every police officer who periodically runs the camera must appear in a state of public security interest. The use of equipment follows solid rules, and any compliance failure agent will be subject to appropriate penalties.
*Under supervision
