Atividade policial e direitos humanos: a percepção dos policiais do 13º Batalhão de Polícia Militar em São José de Ribamar - MA

Abstract

Human rights are individual and collective guarantees for all people. This study aims to analyze how the perception of human rights by police officers of the 13th Military Police Battalion in São José de Ribamar (MA) influences the provision of services to people in situations of social vulnerability. For the accomplishment of the general objective, the specific purposes of the research are: to verify the knowledge of the military police about Human Rights; to collect reports referring to the attitude of the police officers towards people in situations of social vulnerability, to identify characteristics relevant to Human Rights in the reports of the military police regarding the service provided to people in situations of social vulnerability. In the literature review, authors such as Bonavides (2004), Mazzuoli (2018), Ramos (2022), and Portela (2017) were used, among others. To carry out this work, the research was characterized as primary, exploratory, and descriptive, with a qualitative approach. Thus, in terms of procedures, the research was characterized as bibliographic, documentary, and field research. The field research was carried out using the structured interview script as the primary instrument for data collection. Being held between September 07 and October 03, 2022, in a reserved room on the premises of the 13th Battalion. Furthermore, the sampling was characterized as non-probabilistic due to saturation. And finally, the resource for data analysis was based on the content analysis method. The result of the work showed that the military police understand the notion of Human Rights in the sense of Basic Rights and also the Right to Freedom. It is noteworthy that regarding police work concerning people in situations of social vulnerability, the bases tend towards an understanding of a formal isonomy, related to equality of treatment only. On the other hand, the officers interviewed paid attention to a view more guided by material isonomy. Not only through the implementation of the principles of formal equality, but also through the implementation of assistance and support programs within the scope of the Military Police itself for the care of socially marginalized people. Therefore, the officers' discourse was more directed at guaranteeing the precepts related to material equality.