Polícia e controle interno: a Corregedoria de Polícia Federal no Pará de 2007 a 2011

Abstract

This study is an analysis of the Federal Police Departmentinternal control in the State of Pará. The data analyzed covers a period between 2007 and 2011 and aims to examine the most frequent policemen’s misconduct, how they occur, the profile of people who file complaints, of the officers accused, and the internal affairs, and also the procedures adopted when complaints are known to internal affairs including the final result of these procedures. The study also analyzes the federal policemen’s perception of the various internal jobs including the performance of the head of the department's internal affairs division during the period of the study concerning the performance of the Federal Police internal affair office in the state of Pará, comparing these insights with the sector final results. The aim was to contemplate on the parameters that guide the institution internal affairs performance. The research showed that the limitations faced by Federal police Internal Affairs in the state of Pará are similar to the ones already experienced in several Brazilian cities, even though the Office has been making efforts to improve its internal control mechanisms. The relevance of this approach is due to insufficient research done on the Brazilian Federal Police and the inexistence of studies on the institution Internal Affair Office in the Brazilian Northern region.