Police Sciences in Debate Series (CPD) · No. 02 · August 2025

Author: Samir de Oliveira Rodrigues, Military Police officer in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, with a postgraduate degree in Crisis Management and a bachelor's degree in Legal Studies.

The second issue of the Police Sciences in Debate series presents the Defense Plan as a strategic response to Urban Dominion. In this criminal modality, groups using paramilitary tactics temporarily take control of municipalities. Drawing on real cases, the author explains the origins of the phenomenon, the criminal machinery, the gangs' logistics, how attacks are carried out and the escape routes.

The report details the missions of the Defense Plan and presents it as a human rights policy aimed at saving the lives of those directly and indirectly involved. It also covers simulation exercises, criminal investigation and forensic analysis, the work of police intelligence in the iter criminis and the crisis management office. The doctrine is already applied in Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Alagoas, Piauí, Goiás and the Federal District.