A Federal Road Police ((PRFSelect the body’s cameras model for use by agents, which will have individual devices and integrate with the equipment installed in vehicles.
The first operations are expected to take place in September this year, with the implementation of at least 15 Brazilian states in 2025. The rest of the force will receive the devices next year.
Bidding, which must be completed by August, provides for 13,098 cameras for the personal use of agents and 2000 vehicles equipped with the surveillance system. According to Luciano Fernandes, Director of Body Camera Projects in PRFThe force begins in May, an advanced test with the equipment received at the American embassy.
– In this test, we will use cameras in the special operations centers in Rio de Janeiro, the federal area, the emergency group and the police station. We will make the recent amendments to make this national implementation – indicates Fernandez.
On Monday, PRF published the intention to register prices (IRP), a stage that precedes the provision of official bids and allows other public agencies to express their interest in participating in this process. The first body camera program predicts the country with uniform coverage in all cases of the country that every police officer has its own equipment – use is individual and mandatory in all interactions with highways users.
The devices have a manual engine. However, there is an internal control system that allows central monitoring to assess whether records are made. Equipment will have the real time transfer capacity and contact between the center and the agent in the field will be on the road, in order to allow dialogue with the police through the camera itself.
Vehicles will contain cameras installed on the front, back and internal part, with the ability to identify the paintings. The device will be operated automatically in urgent parking, using a hand brake engine or brake engine. The factors that work with motorcycles, in turn, will only use body cameras at this first stage.
The photos taken by the cameras will be stored in the cloud. Indeed, the company that has won the bids, which will remain specific, will get the responsibility for carrying out transmission, storage and registration management.
The final dates for storing the minimum vary according to the severity of the occurrence:
- 90 days: Reactions without assessments;
- 180 days: Inspections with evaluation;
- 365 days: related accidents and accidents.
Genivaldo case
during Polsonaro government, PRF Participated in incursions into societies in Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais This led to the death of more than 61 people in the clashes. But the main criticism of the company was then, in May 2022, a man was killed by schizophrenia when three of the road police officers in Ombaba (SE) stopped him. Genivaldo de Jesus Santos, 38 years old, was arrested, assaulted and closed in the car box, where he was forced to inhale tear gas. Echo the case with videos recorded by the approach witnesses.
In December 2022, the Federal Prosecutor of Sergbi, the three police officers, denounced torture, abuse of power and qualified killing. A month later, the court answered the MPF request and decided to submit the defendants to the jury court, with no date.
In January 2023, Public Prosecutor Flavio Matthias recommended to the Board of Directors PRF To adopt body cameras within six months. The Foundation indicates that it presented the study and ends the internal stage of the bidding.
