Mounted Policing in Santarém, Pará: An analysis of the role of the cavalry in overt policing, crime prevention, event control, and community outreach in the Amazon.

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.2165122521113

• Palavras-chave: Public Safety, Mounted Policing, Military Police, Santarém - Pará

• Keywords: Public Safety, Mounted Policing, Military Police, Santarém - Pará

• Abstract:

  Mounted policing is a strategic alternative for crowd control at large events and places with large gatherings of people. In this way, the Military Police carries out its activities to combat and prevent crime through the dynamic exercise of police power with the use of discretionary power against abuses of individual rights to the detriment of the community. To this end, the corporation uses its resources to maintain order. Thus, Ostensive Mounted Policing emerges as one of the policing modalities exercised by the Military Police of the State of Pará, with the characteristics and properties essential for employment on horseback, whether in policing missions or in civil disturbance control operations. This paper reports on the circumstances in which mounted policing is essential both preventively and for crowd control during Military Police Operations, demonstrating its great importance in preserving public order in Santarém, Pará.