Melo: 'Insecurity is much worse than Alckmin imagines'
"In a state where hospital beds are counted as prison spaces and only one in ten robbery cases leads to an investigation, common sense dictates viewing these indicators with a grain of salt. This is both a positive and a negative experience," says columnist Ricardo Melo regarding the security policy of Geraldo Alckmin's (PSDB) administration; "the feeling of insecurity in the state is much worse than the people at Bandeirantes imagine."
247 Columnist Ricardo Melo questioned the public security policy of Geraldo Alckmin's (PSDB) administration in São Paulo:
“In a state where hospital beds are counted as prison spaces and only one in ten robbery cases leads to an investigation, common sense dictates viewing these indicators with a grain of salt. This is both a positive and a negative experience.”
He points out that São Paulo is experiencing a crime epidemic: the number of robberies increased in 11 of the state's 12 macro-regions between January and May, compared to last year. "The most alarming thing is one of the official explanations. It says the rate skyrocketed because it's now possible to report incidents online."
Melo also says that the "heat index" of insecurity in the state is much worse than the people at Bandeirantes imagine. "Just listen to the streets and pay attention to the news itself" (read closest).