The governor of the state of São Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans), said that he regrets the stance he took when opposing the use of by public security agents in the state.
“The camera policy is a policy that I personally regret a lot about the reactive stance I had back there,” said the governor during an event on the challenges of public security in Brazil, promoted by the Brazilian Institute of Education, Development and Research, where the Minister of Justice, Ricardo Lewandowski, the Minister of the Federal Supreme Court Gilmar Mendes and the State Secretary of Public Security, Guilherme Derrite, were also present.
Last Thursday afternoon (05), Tarcísio, in his previous assessment regarding the topic.
The republican justified that his first stance was related to a “perception that what [instalação das câmeras] It could take away the agent’s legal security, or even cause excitement at the moment he needs to act.”
“Today I realize that I was wrong, that she helps the public security agent. I realize that it is a factor of containment and we do need containment and balance”, he continued.
The declaration comes at the end of a week of increasing cases involving police violence in the state.
The governor assesses that, at the current moment, the challenge is to “guarantee the legal security” of public agents and, at the same time, “not allow lack of control”.
