In 2020, Brazil recorded over 220 deaths of police officers, the largest figure since, at least, 2017. The following year the number fell to a total of 151. In 2022, the number increased to 173 deaths. Moreover, during 2022, the number of people killed by police officers in Brazil registered a year-on-year increase of nearly five percent points.
Number of police officers killed in Brazil in 2017 to 2022
Data prior to 2021 was taken from here.
Various sources refers to the Public Safety offices (Secretarias de Segurança Pública) of each state, which provided the data. Figures do not include the state of Goiás, which does not disclose the numbers.
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