The STF minister argued that the appeal is not the right way to reverse the TJ-SP’s decision. According to Barroso, the Supreme Court will only be able to act after there is a final decision by the TJ-SP on the issue, which has not yet happened.
In the decision, Barroso believes that the obligation to use cameras would have “financial and operational implications”. He cited the TJ-SP’s argument that implementation would cost between R$330 million and R$1 billion.
The minister also stated that camera operations are “a complex administrative task”. According to him, the government of São Paulo claims that the use of monitoring “does not end with the acquisition of this equipment, but also requires the training of personnel to use it and the rental of a recording system.”
Although the installation of cameras on the uniforms of military police officers participating in operations is a constitutionally legitimate and socially desirable measure, the annulment of the contested decision has financial and operational implications, which would produce complex impacts that cannot be adequately measured through this procedural path.
Minister Luís Roberto Barroso, president of the STF
Remember the case
In September, a judge issued an injunction requiring police to wear cameras on their uniforms in operations following the deaths of police officers. The decision came after an action in Guarujá, on the coast of Sao Paulo, left 28 people dead between July and September. The SP government appealed.
2023-12-30 20:48:48
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