After a large-scale operation in Peña on October 28, a team from the Rio Public Ministry (MPRJ) collected statements from police officers, following a decision of the Supreme Court of the Federation (STF) pre-established in ADPF 635. For example, last Monday, Deputy Moises Santana Gómez, chief of the Drug Enforcement Police Department (DRE) responsible for the investigation that culminated in this operation, gave details about the circumstances of the case. prepared plan. He said it was difficult to decide on a date due to weather issues, information leaks and the activity of human traffickers in the area.
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In one of the incidents he described, there was information that criminals, anticipating a possible attack by the police, erected a wall at one of the entrances to the community of Fazendinha to prevent their agents from entering.
“We made a plan, but it turned out that the date was postponed several times due to weather problems, other reasons that made us change, and the movement of the traffickers themselves. At that point, we found out that they were ready to enter the country through Fazendinha, in the Complexo do Alemão there, and the day before the operation they built a wall,” the representative said.
- The document reveals: Fewer than half of core police officers use cameras in Rio’s large-scale operation
A transcript of Santana’s statement was sent to the STF yesterday along with other documents regarding the actions of congressmen involved in the mega operation. The communication was based on a decision by STF Minister Alexandre de Moraes, who also requested information from the state government, the Rio Court of Justice and the public defender’s office.
Other information available in documents prepared by MPRJ concerns the use of body cameras by police officers. Fewer than half of the members of the elite military and civil police forces who participated in this large-scale operation were using the device.
The Police Special Operations Battalion (BOPE) had 77 pieces of equipment serving approximately 215 soldiers. For Special Resources Coordination (Core), 128 agents entered the favela, but only 57 used the equipment. Under an order from the Federal Supreme Court (STF), all police officers in Rio must wear cameras on their uniforms while on duty.
In the case of Core, Coordination Director Fabricio Oliveira explained that the team has 100 cameras available, which is already insufficient given the number of police officers deployed, but that there were problems with releasing the equipment using individual access keys for each agent.
“There were 57 police officers with cameras, but the company itself said 32 of them had problems with the police and were not available that day,” the coordinator said in a statement. He said the company was called to check the system and a report was written pointing out the problem.
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