DEFENSIVE SHOOTING TRAINING IN THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE GIRALDI METHOD IN THE MILITARY POLICE OF SÃO PAULO AND NATIONAL POLICE OF CHILE, ECUADOR, PERU, BOLIVIA, EL SALVADOR AND MEXICO

Abstract

The Defensive Shooting Training in the Preservation of Life Giraldi Method has been used by the Military Police of the State of São Paulo since 1997, although developed in the late 1980s by Colonel Nilson Giraldi, of the Military Police of São Paulo, it was institutionalized within a reengineering process initiated shortly after the episode of police violence that became known internationally as "Naval Favela". This article presents an overview of the 27 years of use of this method in the Military Police of the State of São Paulo, from 1997 to 2024, in addition to considerations on the transversality with human rights and international humanitarian law, based on experiences in Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, El Salvador and Mexico through its dissemination in specialization courses on the use of force,  carried out by the Ecuadorian National Police. At the end, reflections are presented on the positive impacts of the application of this teaching method in relation to the change in behavior of police officers who undergo this training.