THE “VILA BAIRRO SEGURANÇA ”PROGRAM IN LAGOAS DO NORTE REGION IN TERESINA-PI.
Vila Bairro Segurança; public security policy; county
This research consists of a case study regarding the “Vila Bairro Segurança” program, a public security initiative conducted by the city of Teresina between 2018 and 2020, with financial support from the World Bank and technical cooperation from the Brazilian Public Security Forum, with the aim of identifying the limits and possibilities of the municipality’s action as a public security management entity. This is qualitative research with an interpretative approach, based on documentary research and interviews carried out with technical and political managers of the program, as well as with a reference member of the program's target community. The research results point to a dichotomy between the success declared by the institutional narrative and the difficulties evidenced from the interviews carried out, which are identified, in terms of analysis, as the causes for the premature closure of the policy. In conclusion, it is pointed out that the construction of an effective public security policy at the municipal level must prioritize interventions that fall within the field of security of rights, especially those that concern aspects extrinsic to the individual and that orbit the field of sanitation. Basic infrastructure, infrastructure and urban mobility, without prejudice to the adequate exercise of administrative police, favoring the regularization of services provided in the city environment.