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São Paulo agreements let organized-crime unit use Smart Sampa data
São Paulo’s city government signed two agreements with state prosecutors to support investigations and efforts to prevent organized crime.
The agreements let Gaeco, the prosecutors’ organized-crime unit, use technical information and images from the city’s Smart Sampa system.
Under the plan, the system can alert the city’s civil guard when it identifies a person listed in a database supplied by prosecutors.
The guard can approach that person and notify people accused of abuse about court-ordered measures.
More than 50,000 cameras may help identify people who have not yet been notified of protective measures.
The system recently faced a leak of confidential information linked to more than 58,000 cameras, and a court ordered an independent technical review.
One agreement lasts 12 months and may be renewed, while the other runs for 60 months.
São Paulo’s city government signed two agreements with the state public prosecutor’s office allowing its organized-crime unit to use Smart Sampa data.
The agreements were signed on Tuesday, October 27, to support investigations and crime prevention.
One agreement provides for sharing information and images to support investigations and analysis by the unit.
The other plans to use more than 50,000 cameras to help identify people subject to protective measures who have not yet been notified by the courts.
The partnership also covers efforts to combat gender-based violence.
- Who
- São Paulo’s city government and the São Paulo State Public Prosecutor’s Office signed the agreements; the prosecutor’s organized-crime unit, Gaeco, will use the data.
- What
- Two technical agreements allow the use of Smart Sampa information and camera footage for investigations, crime prevention and efforts against gender-based violence.
- When
- Tuesday, October 27.
- Where
- São Paulo, Brazil; the signing event was held at the city hall, according to CNN Brasil.
- Why
- To strengthen cooperation, support investigations and public safety actions, and help identify people subject to protective measures.
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São Paulo’s city government and the state public prosecutor’s office formalized two technical agreements at an event in the city.
The planned system will alert the Municipal Civil Guard when it identifies a person registered in the system.
- Agreements
- 2 technical agreements
- Camera network
- More than 50,000 cameras planned for use under one agreement
- First agreement term
- 12 months, with possible extension
- Second agreement term
- 60 months
- Current camera network
- 58,000 cameras, according to the mayor
- Planned expansion
- 20,000 additional devices, according to the mayor
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