The Municipal Force began preventive and ostensible policing this Sunday in Santa Cruz, in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro. The agents will operate in the surroundings of the train station, the Popular Trade Center, and Santa Cruz Shopping, locations that, according to the Urban Security Secretariat, have high foot traffic and high incidence of robberies and thefts.
With this expansion, the corporation now operates in 14 perimeters of the city. Santa Cruz is the third area in the West Zone to receive the force, after Campo Grande and Bangu, expanding the Municipal Force's coverage in the region.
According to the Urban Security Secretariat, the distribution of agents is guided by crime statistics, with priority for locations and times that concentrate robberies and thefts. The secretariat reported that the work is guided by data and by the permanent analysis of criminal hotspots.
