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Supreme Court blocks expulsion of PSP cadet over homophobic and nationalist posts
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Supreme Court blocks expulsion of PSP cadet over homophobic and nationalist posts

Correio da Manhã12 September 2026 at 09:21

The Supreme Court blocked the expulsion of a cadet from the Public Security Police (PSP) that had been threatened due to posts deemed homophobic and nationalist on social media.

The Public Prosecutor's Office had initiated disciplinary proceedings against the cadet that culminated in the expulsion decision, but the Supreme Court decided to block it.

The posts that motivated the proceedings were made by the cadet during a period when he had no connection whatsoever to the Higher Institute of Police Sciences and Internal Security, the PSP's training institution.

The court considered that the posts were not related to the cadet's academic or professional activity, not representing a violation of the duties inherent to his status as a PSP student.

Why this matters

This decision is of direct interest to future candidates for security forces and to the police institutions themselves, as it establishes a precedent on the extent to which social media posts made prior to application can be used as grounds for exclusion. It also raises questions about the balance between the values the PSP seeks to convey and candidates' freedom of expression.

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