The Prime Minister’s Home Affairs Department is investigating why police officers involved in the death of a motorcyclist taxi driver left body cameras inside the car

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Police officers’ use of cameras has faced resistance from the beginning. The state government even argued that installing the equipment could endanger the lives of agents and residents, as well as hamper intelligence procedures. However, in June 2023, the STF ratified this measure, and the Rio government complied with this decision. In the massive operation in the Alemão and Benha complexes on the 28th, for example, police officers wore body-worn cameras, but part of the equipment did not work due to battery shortages, according to the Prime Minister’s secretary, Marcelo de Menezes.

Regarding the case of Andrew Andrade, the Prime Minister stated, in a statement, that the company’s Internal Affairs Department is investigating why the two police officers – who were dismissed from their operational activities – did not use cameras when the car he was driving was hit by bullets.

According to the foundation, the police were patrolling near Complexo do Chapadao when men on three motorcycles passed by and opened fire on them. Shortly thereafter, Andrew allegedly ignored an order to stop at a roadblock, prompting an agent to open fire. The motorcyclist was taken to Getulio Vargas Hospital, but he did not struggle.

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The boy’s family offers another version. Dane Nicasio Carvalho, 25, the mother of the taxi driver’s two children, said her husband was returning from a party, in a neighbor’s car, and the sound was loud and the windows were down, so he would not have heard the police order to stop. Without camera images, the investigation into what really happened is hampered.

-At 11:59 PM I asked him if he was really coming, and he replied that he was already there. After half an hour everything happened. Every time he saw a police car, he stopped. It was licensed, and the car was up to date. “There was no reason to run away,” Dane said.

The widow said that she told her eldest son that his father died in an accident, and that as a result he became “a little star in the sky.” But the boy ended up finding out what happened on the news and burst into tears.

– My eldest son was very attached to his father. When she learned of his death, she started crying and screaming for her father, saying her heart hurt — said Dane, who has another son who is just one month old and has been with Andrew for eight years.

For Daniel Hirata, coordinator of the Study Group on New Offenses at the Federal University of Fluminense (Geni/UFF), in addition to the error resulting from not using cameras, the action of the police by shooting at the car was also wrong.

— Body cameras protect citizens and police officers regarding operational protocols. In this particular case, it is not legal to use a firearm, even if you are fleeing. Hirata explains that law enforcement officers can only shoot if there is an imminent danger of death to themselves or other people around them.

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Security expert José Vicente da Silva, former National Secretary of Public Security and reserve colonel to the Prime Minister of São Paulo, sees resistance to the use of cameras by police as an issue that must be overcome and advocates strict punishment in case of disobedience:

—This issue is receiving general resistance in the country. The use of cameras should be absolutely mandatory, and the penalty for non-compliance with these standards should be the most severe. Including separation. Remember, the use of a camera helps defend the police officer’s proper action, with photos to support the arguments.

In a memorandum, the Prime Minister informed that he had “more than 13 thousand portable operational cameras (COP) distributed throughout all units of the institution” and that misuse of the equipment “is classified as a serious disciplinary transgression, with the military police officer being punished with administrative sanctions.”