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Rio Tells Supreme Court Half of Body Cameras Failed in Operation That Killed 121

The governor attributes the equipment failures to a faulty L8 docking station.

Overview

  • The filing to Minister Alexandre de Moraes says recordings labeled as EVIDÊNCIA were preserved by the Civil Police, and the Military Police requested technical measures to secure footage from its portable cameras.
  • An internal CORE report states that 32 of 62 body cameras for the elite unit were inoperable, with officers reporting difficulty retrieving devices before the raid.
  • The government says the malfunction was identified after technical contact with vendor L8 and tied to a defective charging and storage dock.
  • Castro told the Court he will transmit necropsy reports for those killed via a VPN due to the sensitivity of the documents, in line with Moraes’s order for documentation.
  • The state frames Operação Contenção as an institutional public‑security policy and a turning point against organized crime as the case remains under STF oversight.