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The National Council of Public Security Secretaries (Consesp) released, this Tuesday (9), an official note in response to statements by the Minister of Justice and Public Security, made during a session of the CPI on Organized Crime in the Senate. In his speech, the minister stated that state governments are inert in the fight against crime.
During the hearing, Lewandowski declared: “The answer to this problem is money, money and more money”, arguing that the current budget is “poor” and reinforcing that “without money, public security cannot be achieved”. He also pointed out that there is a historical “inaction” by state governments and questioned: “Which state government solved the problem of common or organized crime? Nothing, nothing.”
What do the secretaries say?
Consesp’s note refutes this view. The entity emphasizes that States and — through their security forces — have acted continuously and intensely to combat organized crime, even in the face of budgetary and structural limitations.
The Council highlights data from the Brazilian Public Security Forum (2025 Yearbook), according to which the States contribute R$118.5 billion — or around 77% of the resources allocated to public security in the country —, while the Union and municipalities contribute, respectively, R$22 billion and R$13.5 billion.
According to Consesp, the state police — civil, military, criminal and fire departments — not only fulfill their constitutional duties, but end up, in practice, assuming functions that should fall under federal competence: such as combating drug and weapons trafficking, especially in border states, without due compensation from the Union.
In the council’s view, it is “unfair and unreasonable” to say that States are not doing enough to combat organized crime. Consesp also reaffirmed its defense of an exclusive ministry for public security — commanded by managers in the area — arguing that this would strengthen federative cooperation, as provided for in article 144 of the Constitution.
Check out the statement from Sandro Avelar, public security secretary of the DF and president of Consesp
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Check out Consesp’s letter in full:
Position of the National Council of Public Security Secretaries (Consesp) in light of the statement made by the Honorable Minister of Justice and Public Security, during the hearing of the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into Organized Crime, on December 9, 2025.
The National Council of Public Security Secretaries (Consesp), in response to the statement by the Honorable Minister of Justice and Public Security, Enrique Ricardo Lewandowski, made on this date (December 9th), during a hearing of the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into Organized Crime, is hereby publicly expressing its position.
Firstly, it is worth highlighting that Consesp is the collegiate body that brings together the Public Security Secretaries of the States and the Federal District, established by Decree No. 11,009/2022, with the purpose of representing the common interests of the Public Security Secretaries, strengthening cooperation between the Union, States and the Federal District and proposing measures for the continuous improvement of the Unified Public Security System (SUSP).
In this role, it is essential to note that the States and the Federal District, Brazilian federative entities, through their security forces, have acted continuously and intensely to combat crime, even in the face of budgetary and structural limitations, largely due to the mistaken federative model that concentrates the majority of revenue in the Union.
According to data from the 19th edition of the Brazilian Public Security Yearbook (2025), from the Brazilian Public Security Forum, of an amount of R$ 153 billion spent on public security, the States contribute R$ 118.5 billion (77% of the total invested throughout the country), while the Union spends only R$ 22 billion, and the Municipalities R$ 13.5 billion. Still according to the same Forum, only 0.4% of the Union’s total expenses are directed to public security.
While public security currently occupies the center of Brazilian society’s concerns, it is the States that invest most in preventing and repressing crime in Brazil. In addition to fulfilling their constitutional duties, the state police have been performing, in practice, functions that fall within federal competence, such as combating drug and weapons trafficking, especially by those located on the Brazilian border, investing state resources in the fight against organized crime without due financial compensation from the Union.
It is the state entities that maintain the civil, military, criminal police and firefighters, guaranteeing public order, the investigation of homicides and drug trafficking, the overt patrolling and, crucially, the direct combat against factions, so any statement that the States are doing nothing to combat organized crime is unfair and unreasonable.
In this scenario, Consesp reaffirms its understanding that, as a priority in Brazil, public security must have its own ministry, led by public security managers, which would certainly contribute to the establishment of dialogue and the construction of bridges, strengthening federative cooperation under the terms of art. 144 of our Magna Carta, according to which public security is everyone’s responsibility, requiring joint efforts between the Union, States, Federal District and Municipalities.
Brasília/DF, December 9, 2025.
SANDRO TORRES AVELAR
President of the National Council of Public Security Secretaries
