The Rio de Janeiro Military Police (PMRJ) will purchase 52 high-tech drones and more than 5,500 ballistic vests, expanding the resources available for visible policing and operations against organized crime.
The drones will be used as tools to support police work, especially in higher-risk areas with a drug trafficking presence. Equipped with cameras and facial recognition and license plate reading software, the devices allow monitoring of hard-to-reach locations, identification of suspicious movements, and mapping of communities. The images captured contribute to the planning of operations and provide more resources for teams working in the field.
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The initiative also includes the acquisition of level III-A ballistic vests, which offer protection against gunfire from weapons such as pistols and revolvers. The equipment is compatible with additional level III+ protection plates, developed to withstand rifle fire, such as 7.62 caliber rounds.
The Military Police have around 5,000 protection plates of this type, which can be attached to the vests according to the needs of each assignment. In addition to ballistic protection, the III-A models offer greater mobility to p…