O uso de câmeras corporais e o policiamento comunitário: correlação de duas variáveis segundo a ótica de policiais rodoviários federais do Brasil

Abstract

Public trust is important to policing. Tyler (2006) demonstrates that people obey the law because they accept the prerogatives of state agents. The legitimacy of authorities is influenced by procedural justice, a concept meaning the perception of behaviors and protocols applied by police officers in approaches. During the 2010s, in the US, in a scenario of distrust of the police, the body-worn camera (BWC) was implemented. The technology captures encounters between civilians and police, enhances procedural fairness, and leads to fewer complaints against officers. In Brazil, body cams are being implemented. The peculiarities of Brazilian policing and the changes generated by technology can create resistance to its adherence. Thus, in a study carried out with agents of the Federal Highway Police, the aim is to identify the reasons why police officers tend to support the use of the tool. The hypothesis of a positive correlation between the favorable positioning of the use of cameras and the importance attributed by the police to the relationship with the community is tested. The community policing method aims to solve social problems through the integration of the police with the community, as shown by Skogan (2004). Through a simple linear regression, carried out with the database of the research “Social Complexity and Police Action: an analysis from the Federal Highway Police”, a correlation of 10.3% is demonstrated between the tendency of police officers to use cameras and the values associated with community policing. Therefore, the dissertation helps to clarify the factors associated with a possible implementation of cameras in the Federal Highway Police.