ABSTRACT
AS & GH: Please tell me about your career. RO: I joined the civil police in the state of Rio de Janeiro in 1994 as
police notary (nowadays, notary police ocer). My rst 3 years of duty were at the Day Supervising Division, which is a kind of superior rank in every other police station of the state. In 1997 I moved to the Anti-kidnapping Division where I was until 1999, when I got promoted, by examination, to chief of police. After my specialization assignment as chief of police,
e Interview 129 Career 129 Changes Experienced 130 Personal Philosophy of Policing 131 Experienced Problems and Successes 133 eory and Practice 135 International Relations 137 Democratic Policing (Citizen Police) 138 General Questions 139
I resumed working in the Anti-kidnapping Division, now as chief of operations. In 2002, I was assigned as coordinator at CORE (the Department for the Coordination of Special Resources). In 2005, I was assigned chief of the Narcotics Enforcement Division. I returned to CORE (Coordenadoria de Recursos Especiais) in 2007 and, in 2009, I was assigned chief of the Specialized Police Departments.
