Police efficiency and its indicators
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https://doi.org/10.31060/rbsp.2022.v16.n3.1445Keywords:
Efficiency of police, Indicators of efficiency, Legitimacy, ConfidenceAbstract
The present article debates the criteria used to measure the efficiency of police activity, reviewing relevant aspects of the international debate, as well as presenting the results of an empirical study on the efficiency indicators currently used by brazilian states to measure civil and military police activity. The study was based on the answers from the security departments of each state to a set of five questions, obtained through the Access to Information Law (LAI). Our findings show that the vast majority of policy makers at state level didn't have the requested information and that there is no standard for such indicators in Brazil. Also, state police use operational descriptors and criminal records as indicators of efficiency, with no consideration for the effective results in reducing crime, violence and lethality, or regarding police legitimacy and public confidence in corporations.
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