São Paulo: Teenage deaths decrease with police body cameras
The adoption of portable body cameras by some military police battalions in São Paulo reduced the number of children and adolescents killed during officer interventions by 66.3 percent in 2022 compared to 2019. Lethality among black individuals decreased by 64 percent. However, this population remains disproportionately affected.The research report titled "The Body Cameras in the Military Police of São Paulo: Implementation Process and Impact on Teen Deaths," released by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Brazilian Forum for Public Safety (FBSP) on Tuesday (May 16), provides the relevant data.The study reveals that in 2019, 102 adolescents lost their lives in São Paulo due to police interventions without the use of the device. However, after the adoption of the technol...