Security agents will increase patrolling in risk areas such as terminals, corridors and garages; Operation also performs road blockages
São Paulo began on Thursday (3) the operation “Impacto-Protection of Collectives”, a task force that aims to contain the attacks on buses registered in the capital, Greater São Paulo and the state coast. The actions continue until July 31 and are supported by the State Department of Criminal Investigations (). More than 7,800 police and 3,600 vehicles are mobilized, with reinforcement in terminals, corridors and garages.
The operation also performs road blockages and patrols in areas considered at risk. ROCAM (Motorcycle -supported ostensible round) participates with 673 bikes, which left Anhembi’s afternoon towards 12 strategic points of the capital. The objective is to expand the safety of passengers and public transport workers, in the face of a wave of depredations that have added more than 235 cases since June (over 400 in total), according to. Most of the attacks were made with the stone throw, especially in the south of the city. Only this Wednesday (2), 35 buses were damaged.
The Civil Police conducts the investigation and works with the hypothesis that acts are related to virtual challenges promoted over the internet. According to delegate Ronaldo Sayeg, director of Deic, there is still no evidence that the crimes are linked to criminal factions. “The attacks do not follow a defined pattern nor have clear claims. At first, we remove the involvement of organizations such as the CCP,” he said. Adolescents would be among the perpetrators of the attacks, according to police reports to the police. Two people have been arrested so far – one in the act, after damaging six vehicles in Diadema, and one in psychological crisis, with no apparent relationship with the other cases.
So far, 60% of the occurrences are concentrated in the south of the capital, especially neighborhoods such as Capão Redondo and Campo Belo. Deic, together with the Cyber Crime Division (Dcciber), monitors social networks and maintains direct contact with bus companies to cross information and advance investigations. The population can collaborate with complaints through the Dial-Denunciation, by calling 181. The authorities reinforce that the security forces will continue to act in an integrated manner to identify those responsible and interrupt the attacks.
Published by Felipe Dantas
*Report produced with the aid of AI
