Os impactos da operação saturação relizada pelo comando de policiamento metropolitano na redução dos índices de homicídios na área do 43º BPM

Abstract

Violence has been the subject of debate in the most diverse academic and political groups, in order to establish measurement criteria that make it possible to identify the possible causes of the increase in violence in Brazil. In general, the parameter for measuring violence used in Brazil is the incidence of deaths caused by violent actions, the Intentional Lethal Violent Crimes (CVLI) within this classification are homicides. The protection of life and physical safety is the main function of the Military Police, in the meantime the military police corporations in Brazil tend to formulate strategies aimed at reducing homicides. This academic work aims to analyze how Operation Saturation triggered by the Metropolitan Police Command influenced the reduction of homicides in the area of the 43rd BPM, from the inductive method, under a qualitative approach, documentary studies and personal interviews were carried out in order to to understand the contribution of Operation Saturation to the reduction of homicides in the area of the 43rd BPM in São Luís. It was found that the presence action caused by the operation contributed to the reduction of homicide rates in the 43rd BPM