Brazilian government ordered increased patrols in schools and daycare centers after attacks

The Brazilian government announced yesterday that it would release R$150 million (US$30 million) to expand nationwide school patrols following the recent attacks on schools and daycare centers.

The announcement was made by the Minister of Justice and Public Security, Flávio Dino, after it was learned this morning that a man invaded a daycare center in Blumenau (south) and killed four children, and injured three others.

“The initial amount is 150 million (US$30 million), from the National Public Security Fund, destined to states and municipalities that have constitutional competence to carry out this ostensible patrolling,” Dino said at a press conference.

The school patrols correspond to the ostensible patrolling carried out by the Military Police or the Civil Guard at the doors and surroundings of school units and daycare centers to reinforce citizen security in these places, which concentrate a great circulation of children and adolescents.

Another of the folder’s measures is to intensify the monitoring of threats and internet planning of school attacks.

According to Dino, 50 federal police officers will exclusively monitor this type of crime from a center of the Integrated Operations Division (Diop), linked to the Ministry’s National Public Security Secretariat (Senasp), in direct support of the state police. Up to that time, there were 10 police officers involved in this work.

Wednesday’s attack was the second deadly one in just a few days. Last March 27, teacher Elizabeth Tenreiro, 71, died after being stabbed at the Thomazia Montoro State School in the Vila Sônia neighborhood of São Paulo.

The teenager responsible for the attack has been arrested.

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ordered the creation of an inter-ministerial working group under the Ministry of Education’s coordination, which proposes various measures, including the eventual publication of decrees and bills to combat these crimes.

One focus could be the mechanisms for regulating the Internet, where hate groups that encourage this attack are increasing.

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