The government led by Luís Montenegro prioritizes enhancing drug trafficking countermeasures, asserting plans to “implement the strategic plan to combat drug trafficking and consumption as well as associated criminal phenomena.”
In the section dedicated to security, the new administration also notes an intention to review “the legislative and operational plan associated with drug trafficking to ensure the legislative framework is adapted to the emergence of new substances, and that human resources, physical and technological means, and equipment are aligned with the evolution of criminal activity in this area and operational action with the development of criminal strategies.”
This government also aims to reduce “the crime rate, particularly violent and serious crime,” by increasing “perceptions of safety” and plans to reinforce “visible, community, and proximity policing as a means of bolstering public tranquility.”
According to its program, the government intends to reorganize the deployment of PSP police officers and GNR military personnel for policing duties, seeking a new administrative model to free the largest number of operatives from redundant or purely administrative tasks, invest in police stations and squads by establishing partnerships with local municipalities, and revise the “legal framework of municipal police, their competencies, and training model.”
As a new initiative, the executive plans to create professional courses in internal security and civil protection “as a way to attract new qualified and capable human resources for these operational areas.”
