Court orders installation of body cameras on civil and military police officers in Maranhão Disclosure/SSP-MA The Maranhão Court ordered the state government to present a plan to install body cameras with automatic activation on the uniforms of civil and military police officers during their duty shifts. The measure was determined by judge Douglas de Melo Martins following action by the Public Defender's Office of the State of Maranhão, which pointed out high rates of police fatality and failures in the control mechanisms of police activities. 📱Download the g1 app to see MA news in real time and for free According to the decision, the state must prepare a schedule for implementing the system. After delivery of the plan, the cameras must be installed and put into operation within 180 days. Priority should be given to units with the highest number of deaths in police actions and incidents recorded in poorer communities. The plan must detail the purchase of equipment, the technical specifications to ensure continuous recording of images and the secure data storage strategy, whether in the cloud or on dedicated servers. Now on g1 Furthermore, the State must adopt protocols to preserve the chain of custody of recordings and promote the technical and ethical training of all police officers who will use the equipment. In the sentence, the judge also ordered the immediate subpoena of the prosecutor specialized in external control of police activity. The objective is to monitor and monitor compliance with each stage of the camera implementation schedule. In the Public Civil Action, the Public Defender's Office alleged that the absence of body cameras contributes to violations of the fundamental rights to life, physical integrity and public safety. According to the process, the data points to a high number of deaths in police actions and a low rate of investigation of complaints against security agents. Sought by g1, the state government has not yet commented on the decision. Transparency in operations According to the Public Defender's Office, the use of body cameras can increase the transparency of police operations, prevent abuses of power and protect the population's fundamental rights. The measure can also offer more legal security to agents who act within the law and facilitate the identification of possible irregularities. In the decision, the judge stated that the implementation of cameras is a necessary measure to guarantee the principles of publicity and administrative efficiency provided for in the Federal Constitution. "The duty of active transparency imposes that actions carried out by public agents on behalf of the State are subject to supervision and social control. Publicity is the general precept, and secrecy must be the exception, as established by the Access to Information Law", declared the judge in the decision.