Controle dentro e fora da polícia: uma análise da percepção dos policiais militares de Minas Gerais

Abstract

Within the democratic states of law, maintaining order and control of social violence are closely related to police organizations. The police get involved with crimes in progress, domestic disputes, missing children, car accidents, suspicious persons, burglary, public disturbances and unnatural deaths. Performs activities such as holding, reporting, reassure, warn, first aid, counsel, mediate, threaten, citing, among others. Even with the wide range of activities, which characterizes it is the legitimacy for the use of force within society in order to maintain order, prevent misuse and crime, and also guaranteeing rights. The mandate isgiven to the police, however, provides that it must consider the existing standards to guide its actions, ie, to maintain order and carry out social control must act within the legal limits established and socially. Bayley (2001: 173-186), emphasizes that the control of police behavior can be exerted by mechanisms located both inside and outside the police structure. The external control mechanisms differ from each other in the exclusivity of its attention to the police. He excels in exclusive or inclusive. The internal control mechanisms, by definition, apply only to the police. Some processes within the police, however, are designed to exercise this control, others assist in this control, even without this being its primary function. Therefore, the internal control mechanisms can be distinguished between explicit and implicit. Based on elements related to the internal and external control of the police explained by Bayley, seeksto be indicators for evaluating these types of control by the military police of Minas Gerais and understand the role played within the organization (hierarchy), experience (age) and work (capacity) influence the perception of the police under the control of its activities.