Since 2009, PSP has disciplined only eight officers for deaths and just one case involved service weapon
Data from the PSP National Directorate, disclosed to Público, indicates that only eight police officers were disciplined for deaths occurring since 2009, with just one situation involving the use of a service weapon.
Since 2009, PSP has disciplined only eight officers for deaths and just one case involved service weapon
The Public Security Police (PSP) sanctioned only eight officers for deaths recorded since 2009. Among these cases, only one was related to the use of a service weapon. The information was provided to Público by the PSP National Directorate.
The corporation's statement did not detail what sanction was applied in each situation, nor the specific circumstances of the eight deaths. The only case involving the use of official firearm contrasts with the total of eight disciplinary actions for fatalities over nearly two decades.
Transparency regarding the use of lethal force by police forces has been the subject of public debate in Portugal, although these figures have not previously been disclosed in aggregate form.
Source: Google News PT — Crime (pt)