Garantindo a ordem e segurança públicas: um estudo numa esquadra de Polícia na Cidade de Maputo

Abstract

This work analyzes the universe of policemen, their practices and the speeches they produce about them. The objective is to understand the articulation between professional practices and the way in which agents perceive them and draw themselves within the organization. The work is guided by a line of thought that reflects police organizations as fields of interaction of behaviors beyond the requirements and rules prevailing in the organization. This line is opposed to that which considers police officers as actors with weak reflective power if not trained individuals in order to be efficient in the exercise professional. For the materialization of this work, I opted for direct observation, unstructured interviews and participation in the informal conversations of the agents working in the 1st police station of the PRM - city from Maputo to describe the speeches they build in relation to their professional activities. The field data shows that the dynamics of police activity, dictated by the political and economic transformations underway, result in two types of agents: the "patriots" (old blood) and the "scratches" (new blood) The first (old blood) consider themselves guided by the principle of patriotism, dominant in the years 1975 to 1994 In this principle, the agent sees himself as a servant of the people without looking at what they can serve him in return. The seconds (new blood) incorporated after the democratic transformations of 1994, are guided by the impulse given by these transformations affirmation of their practices professionals. (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)