THE EVOLUTION OF EDUCATION IN THE PMDF AND ITS IMPLICATIONS IN REGISTRY OF ARREST PROCEDURE

Abstract

This article addresses the matter of Education inside the Military Police of the Federal District (PMDF) under the aspect of schooling. It aims to undertake an analysis of the several changes regarding the educational level required for joining the force, the internal training process dedicated to the candidates and their professional conduct after graduation. The analysis is based on military arrest procedures accomplished by the Control and Correctness Department of the force. Society demands the police activity to be adequate to the law, what reinforces the people claim for a kind of safety conquered by a citizen police. That’s the reason why it’s necessary to establish a parameter between these two factors: the admission with higher education levels and the correct practice of police activity after graduation on the training process. The objective is to identify the relation between the modification of the education level required for joining the force and the quantitative variation in the number of military arrest procedures issued by the internal corrections unit of the institution. This work is based on bibliographical revision on the military criminal field and on the history of teaching and internal control inside the Military Police of the Federal District as well as on a field research undertaken on the force’s Department of Personal Management and Control and Correctness Department. The research proves that, after the insertion of the requisition of an undergraduate degree, there has been a severe reduction on the numbers of military arrest procedures issued by the police. Because of this variable, it’s possible to identify the relation between schooling and the committing of military crimes.