Civil Police promotes I Symposium on Antiracist Policies and Public Safety of Pará
Until this Wednesday (26), themes on antiracist policies and public safety will be addressed
The Civil Police of Pará is promoting, on this Tuesday (25) and Wednesday (26), the "I Symposium on Antiracist Policies and Public Safety", an event coordinated by the Police Academy (Acadepol), in partnership with the Directorate for the Assistance to Vulnerable Groups (DAV). The initiative is in homage to Black Consciousness Day, celebrated on November 20.
"By promoting training actions on antiracist policies, we, from the Civil Police, demonstrate our commitment to human rights, citizenship, and improving the relationship between security forces and society. Therefore, we train our staff so that they can understand the historical roots and impacts of racism in everyday life, and this is an essential step towards building a more ethical, just, and effective public safety," highlighted Delegate Daniela Oliveira, director of Acadepol.
The symposium, which is aimed at state officials and civil society, takes place in the "Delegate Ione Coelho" Auditorium, where lectures and training on the theme are held. At the beginning of the program, on this Tuesday, there was a lecture by Father Denilson D’Oxaguiãn, State Manager of Policies for the Promotion of Racial Equality at the Secretariat of Racial Equality and Human Rights (SEIRDH). He spoke about the importance of the participation of public security officials as a tool for knowledge in addressing racial violence.
"It is very important that there are these opportunities for racial literacy so that we have the chance to dialogue and, from there, we can think about a perspective of mitigating these impacts with black youth in the periphery, with black women in the periphery, with the black LGBT population, with the black population with disabilities. In other words, the black population is diverse and needs qualified assistance," explained Father Denilson D’Oxaguiãn.
The event's organization emphasizes that "racism is not just an individual conduct problem, but a structural phenomenon that manifests itself in various spheres of society, and combating it through public safety is essential to ensure that assistance to victims of violence is guaranteed; for this, the training and sensitization of security professionals is necessary."
