Percepção, desafios e potencialidades do setor de inteligência da Guarda Municipal de Itajaí, SC : uma abordagem teórica e prática

Abstract

This monograph aims to analyze the perception, challenges, and potentialities of the intelligence sector of the Municipal Guard of Itajaí, SC (GMI). Initially, through a literature review, it presents the legal history and the doctrine applied to municipal guards and Public Security Intelligence (ISP) activities, highlighting their roles in developing an evidence-based public security approach and an intelligence-led policing model. Through semi-structured interviews conducted with the institutional body of the GMI (covering both strategic and operational levels), the study measures municipal guards' perceptions of the intelligence sector's work, identifying the challenges faced and its potentialities. The methodological strategy combines a literature review with discourse analysis, employing qualitative methods for data collection and evaluation in a case study on the perception of the Municipal Guard of Itajaí regarding the use of ISP activities within its organizational structure. The study aims to contribute to the debate on municipal public security in Brazil. As a result, the intelligence sector of the GMI is perceived as an indispensable tool both for strategic support, by reducing uncertainties and informing the planning of evidence-based actions, and for operational support, by providing qualified information that increases the effectiveness of daily operations. On the other hand, challenges have been identified, such as personnel limitations and the formal absence of the sector within the organizational structure, which restrict its operation.