PERSONNEL SIZING OF THE INTERVENTION GROUP IN CRITICAL INCIDENTS: A METHODOLOGICAL PROPOSAL BASED ON THE CRISIS MANAGEMENT DOCTRINE OF THE MILITARY POLICE OF PARANÁ

Abstract

The performance of the Intervention Group (Grupo de Intervenção – GI) of the Special Commands and Operations Company (Companhia Comandos e Operações Especiais – COE) of the Special Operations Battalion (Batalhão de Operações Especiais – BOPE) of the Military Police of Paraná (Polícia Militar do Paraná – PMPR) in critical incidents requires the COE Company Commander to make rapid and technically grounded decisions regarding the sizing of operational personnel to be deployed. The absence of objective parameters for such decisions may result in undersizing — compromising the safety of operators and victims — or oversizing — leading to inefficient use of scarce and highly specialized human resources. This study proposes a methodological model for sizing the personnel of the GI in critical incidents, based on the crisis management doctrine established by Directive No. 005/2011-PM/3, updated by Directive No. 005/2021-PM/3, of the PMPR. The model is structured around five objective analytical criteria — crisis typology, weapons employed by the Critical Event Causer (CEC), number of individuals involved, environmental complexity, and level of access to the critical point — each assigned graduated values ranging from 1 to 3. The arithmetic mean of the identified criteria determines the risk level of the incident and, consequently, the number of GI operators required for the response. The proposal demonstrates high compatibility with the current doctrine and with the constitutional principles of proportionality and efficiency, constituting a technical support tool for operational decision-making.