A atuação da polícia militar sob a ótica da sociedade na cidade de São Luís - MA

Abstract

The Military Police of Maranhão, constitutes one of the main organs that make up the Public Security System. Directly respondible for the preservation of public order, it acts by means of preventive and ostensive policing, in order to inhibit the committing of crimes by the citizens. Besides that, the Corporation, through its units, develops actions in other areas, such as education and care. Against this, because of the direct contact with the citizen, in completely different situations, it becomes relevant to know the society's perception about the actions of the military police, with a focus on the identification of positive and negative points, with a view to the correction and improvement of the daily performance of agents. Therefore, through a survey, it was sought to understand how the citizens residing in the City of São Luís perceive the frequency of policing in their neighborhood, the treatment of the PM during the approaches and the attendance of occurrence, the level of knowledge about the role of the Military Police etc. As a final objective, based on the analysis of the data collected, diagnose deficiencies in the police action as well as positive aspects that can be reinforced by the Institution, all with the objective of improving the service provided to society