MILITARY POLICE AS GUARANTOR OF THE SOCIAL RIGHT TO TRANSPORTATION: PROFILE OF CRIMES IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN MANAUS

Abstract

This article analyzes the evolution of robberies in public collective transport in Manaus, focusing on the capital city, based on consolidated official secondary data for the 2022–2025 period. A quantitative, descriptive-analytical approach is adopted, with systematic extraction of incidents from an institutional property-crime dashboard and the organization of results into annual and monthly series, enabling the identification of trends, level shifts, and intra-annual variations. The findings indicate a sharp decline in annual totals over the four-year span, with a stronger inflection from 2024 onward, as well as monthly fluctuations that highlight more critical months and lower-incidence periods. The discussion interprets these patterns through an evidence-based lens, emphasizing that transit safety should be addressed as a condition for the effective enjoyment of the social right to transportation and as an intersectoral agenda linking mobility management, situational prevention, and targeted operational strategies. The article concludes that sustainable interventions require continuous diagnosis, prioritization of critical places and time windows, and evaluation mechanisms, while maintaining legitimacy and user trust in everyday mobility.