Rio Readies Tech-Heavy New Year’s Eve Plan as Copacabana Fireworks Near Final Prep

Overview

• More than 28,700 state agents will be mobilized in an integrated operation with 24/7 monitoring across Rio, officials said.
• In Copacabana, 3,500 police, 182 vehicles and 17 screening points with metal detectors, towers, drones and an aeromobile unit will manage an expected crowd of about 2.5 million.
• Facial-recognition cameras will operate at access points, and roughly 300 patrol vehicles will use facial and license-plate readers with real-time feeds to the CICC.
• The fireworks will last 12 minutes from 19 barges under French scenographer Christophe Berthonneau; barge assembly is in its final phase with a port authority inspection set for Tuesday before transfer to the beach.
• MetrôRio’s R$15 Réveillon passport requires a fixed boarding window via QR code and provides a return wristband, and Niterói’s Icaraí celebration expects about 400,000 people with road closures, 477 military police, 413 municipal agents, drones and 15 observation points.