Brazil had at least 480,000 civil and military police officers on active duty in 2020, according to the survey Profile of Public Security Institutions.
A total of 132 people were arrested in flagrante delicto today (May 17) during Operation Light in Childhood 2 (“Operação Luz na Infância 2” in the original), conducted by the Extraordinary Ministry of Public Security across 284 cities and 24 states plus the Federal District.