Use of cameras on São Paulo's military police uniforms reduces police lethality by 85%.
Overall, police lethality fell by 36% in the state.
247 - The use of body cameras worn by military police officers from various battalions in São Paulo reduced the number of people killed in alleged confrontations with the police by 85% last year. Overall, the measures adopted by the São Paulo state government to reduce police lethality resulted in a 36% decrease in the number of deaths related to this type of incident.
According to Folha de S. PaulFrom June 1st to December 31st, 2020, there were 110 deaths resulting from police intervention in battalions that adopted the use of cameras, compared to the same period in 2021. In ROTA, an elite battalion with one of the highest death rates in the corporation, this reduction reached 89%.
"In absolute numbers, the ROTA (Special Police Operations Battalion) officers killed a total of 35 people in the last seven months of 2020. In the same period last year, with body cameras attached to the uniforms, there were four deaths resulting from police intervention recorded in the battalion," the report emphasizes.
According to Major Rodrigo Cabral, spokesperson for the Military Police, the indicator also extends to other units. "In the other units, which do not yet use body cameras, we have also seen a marked reduction in lethality," he said. Currently, the São Paulo Military Police has approximately 3 cameras in operation across the 18 battalions participating in the program, named Olho Vivo (Watchful Eye).
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