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Covers requirements for police identification, reasons for detention, limits on intimate searches, rules for searching items and vehicles, phone access with owner consent, the right to remain silent, and restrictions on arbitrary searches and excessive force. Explains evidence-based confiscation, legal assistance and family contact, handcuff justification, arrest reporting timelines, special protections for children and adolescents, forensic examination, home-search conditions, transgender detainee accommodations, and steps to report police abuse.","Informations About Police Encounter  \nWhat is public safety?  \nThe Federal Constitution, in its Article 144, states that \"Public safety, a duty of the State, a right and responsibility of all, is exercised to preserve public order and the safety of people and property.\" This means that everyone has the right to live in peace and without violence, protected by the State.  \nWho does what?  \nIn Brazil, the government agencies responsible for ensuring public safety are:  \n● Federal Police: responsible for repressing crimes against the Union, preventing andrepressing drug trafficking and related drugs, smuggling and evasion, border control, national security, and judicial police of the Union.  \n● Federal Highway Police: responsible for the inspection and patrolling of federal highways.  \n● Federal Railway Police: responsible for the inspection and patrolling of federal railways.  \n● Civil Police: responsible for investigating crimes.  \n● Military Police: responsible for maintaining public order and visible policing.  \n● Military Fire Department: responsible for civil defense activities, firefighting, rescue, and search operations.  \n● Penal Police (federal, state, or district): responsible for the security of prison facilities. The Federal Police are part of the Ministry of Justice and Public Security and are federal agencies. The Civil Police, Military Police, and Military Fire Department are state agencies under the responsibility of the state government. The Civil Guards are responsible for protecting municipal goods, services, and facilities and are under municipal responsibility.  \nWhat are your rights during a police encounter?  \nThe stop and personal searches can be conducted by the police: 1) military (when on visible patrol) or 2) civil (when there is a judicial warrant) . The civil guard was recently recognized by the Supreme Federal Court as a public safety agency and can conduct searches in accordance with regulations for other public security forces.  \nIt is important to emphasize that women have the right to be searched by female officers, men by male officers, and transgender individuals should be consulted about the most appropriate way to conduct the encounter and search, in a respectful manner that preserves human dignity. Searches of intimate parts are not allowed.  \nAny person may be stopped by a police officer who must be properly identified with his/her name in a visible place. Everyone has the right to know the reason for the stop, the name of the police officer who carried out the stop and the police force responsible for the stop or conduct.  \n1  \nIt is important to know that an officer who fails to identify himself/herself or falsely identifies themselves to a detainee during their capture or when required to do so during detention or arrest commits a crime under the Abuse of Authority Law (Federal Law No. 13,869/19) .  \nItems such as bags, backpacks, and packages can be inspected with a judicial order or in case of reasonable suspicion. Personal searches should be conducted in a private location without exposure.  \nYou may record the police encounter, and the use of cameras is permitted.  \nTo access the contents of a cell phone, such as messages and apps, the owner’s consent is necessary and they cannot be coerced or threatened, as they are not obliged to provide access.  \nYou have the right not to answer questions and to remain silent during a police encounter.  \nArbitrary searches and excessive use of force are not permitted, nor is violation of domicile, except in cases of flagrant offense.  \nThe confiscation of objects is only permitted if they are evidence of crimes committed and duly handed over to the police authority. Personal belongings must be returned undamaged.  \nEveryone has the right to legal assistance (public defender or lawyer) and to contact family members, and they must be informed of this right.  \nIn the case of a checkpoint, personal and vehicle documents must be presented. 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