MONETARY PENALTIES IN MILITARY DISCIPLINARY ADMINISTRATIVE LAW: AN ANALYSIS OF PROPORTIONALITY AND EFFICIENCY IN THE MILITARY POLICE OF PARANÁ

Abstract

This article analyzes the legal viability and institutional adequacy of implementing pecuniary penalties within the scope of the Disciplinary Administrative Law of the Military Police of Paraná (PMPR). Given contemporary discussions regarding the creation of a specific disciplinary regulation for state military institutions, it questions whether the sanction of fines for minor or medium-severity offenses presents itself as a more effective alternative compared to the traditional model of restrictive penalties of liberty. The research adopts the deductive method, with a qualitative approach and a comparative bibliographic and normative analysis technique, based on the constitutional principles of efficiency, proportionality, and human dignity. The study examines the experience of other federative units that have already abolished administrative detentions or adopted pecuniary sanctions, evaluating the pedagogical character of the punishment and its impact on the continuity of overt police service. It concludes that the pecuniary penalty harmonizes disciplinary power with the precepts of the Democratic Rule of Law, ensuring the maintenance of active personnel while promoting the correction of conduct in a technical and objective manner.