COMPARATIVE STUDY ON STATE MODELS OF INTELLIGENCE IN BRAZIL, BASED ON THE CASE OF BAHIA
Public Security Intelligence Activity, Public Security, Intelligence-Driven Policing
The emergence of criminal organizations in Brazil can be considered the greatest challenge for Public Security in recent years, as it directly reflected in the increase in criminal rates in the last three decades, with Bahia being the protagonist and appearing among the states with the worst results. . This scenario calls into question the current model for combating violence in Bahia, whether due to the improvement of criminal organizations, the inefficiency of the criminal prosecution model or the failure of public policies in the most diverse areas of government and the municipality, and policing strategies. in combating crime. In this context, public security intelligence activity appears as a potentially effective tool, as it enables the obtaining, analysis and dissemination of reliable, robust and rapid information for preventive and, when necessary, repressive action by Public Security bodies. The present study seeks to show the importance of this tool and bring other state intelligence models to the country, in order to identify possible opportunities for improvement in the intelligence activity model performed by the Military Police of Bahia. To this end, the study covers a theoretical exposition about the growth of criminal organizations, the public security scenario and the evolution of public security intelligence activity in Brazil. After collecting data on homicides in the various institutions that propose to study Public Security, and identifying the Federation Units that most reduced their rates in the last decade, we mapped out the Public Security Intelligence models used by their military police and, In the end, changes were proposed to the current Bahian model based on the best practices identified. Thus, this qualitative scientific study was based on bibliographical research and exploratory field research, with the application of a questionnaire to officers who work in management roles in Intelligence Agencies in the Military Police of the Federation Units. that were part of the scope of the research. As a result of the research, some opportunities for improving intelligence activity at PMBA were identified, such as increases in its staff and organizational structure, investment in technology solutions and changes in the formalization and dissemination phase of knowledge produced by its central agency.