{"id":40427,"date":"2025-04-24T13:27:49","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T13:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/?post_type=noticia&#038;p=40427"},"modified":"2025-06-23T14:24:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T14:24:08","slug":"in-a-letter-to-lula-organizations-call-for-the-use-of-body-cameras-by-police-forces","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/in-a-letter-to-lula-organizations-call-for-the-use-of-body-cameras-by-police-forces\/","title":"In a letter to Lula, organizations call for the use of body cameras by police forces","content":"<div class=\"tts_content_wrapper_1\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 150 civil society organizations and research groups released an open letter to President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva, the National Congress and governors calling for the universal adoption of body cameras by police officers throughout the whole country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The document, signed by organizations such as Conectas, Instituto Sou da Paz, Justi\u00e7a Global and F\u00f3rum Brasileiro de Seguran\u00e7a P\u00fablica, highlights the efficacy of the policy adopted in S\u00e3o Paulo in 2021, which resulted in a 62.7% drop in police lethality in the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the Brazilian Public Security Yearbook, 6,393 people were killed by police officers in Brazil in 2023, 82.7% of whom were Black. The letter draws attention to a 78.5%&nbsp; increase in deaths resulting from police actions since 2023, and calls for the national security package to make the adoption of cameras with continuous automatic recording mandatory.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The organizations also propose that federal resources be released on the condition that the technology is effectively implemented and that external auditing protocols and independent management of footage are adopted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe camera policy is not just about technology. It is&nbsp; a democratic tool to prevent abuse and safeguard lives, especially in the peripheries,\u201d it says in the text.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"tts__custom-position_bottom_fixed\" ><\/div>","excerpt":"<p>More than 150 civil society organizations and research groups released an open letter to President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva, the National Congress a&#8230;<\/p>\n","author":26,"featured_media":38490,"parent":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"tema":[12270],"class_list":["post-40427","noticia","type-noticia","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tema-confronting-institutional-violence"],"acf":{"subtitle-pt":"A document showing an increase in police lethality and advocating for the mandatory use of cameras with continuous recording has been sent to Congress and state 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