The Minister of Justice and Public Security, Ricardo Lewandowski, is expected to publish the ordinance regulating the decree on the use of police force this week. Members of the department make the final adjustments to the document, which has already received approval from the Civil House.
According to sources from the federal government, the ordinance will detail the rules of the decree. The specifications include how and when to use lethal weapons. It also describes the steps for employing handcuffs.
As he told the CNNthe minister .
The text determines that the use of a firearm must be the last resort and states that it is not legitimate to use it against an unarmed person, even if they are on the run and disrespecting the police blockade, except when there is a risk to the security professional or third parties.
The regulation became urgent, according to government members, during an operation by the Federal Highway Police (PRF), on Christmas Eve, in Rio de Janeiro.
The bullet bench in the National Congress. According to parliamentarians, the text “criminalizes” police activity without dialogue with sectors.
The ministry says police commanders were heard and that the rules comply with the conduct manual for the country’s security forces.
