Desconhecido: Whether in the metropolitan region, like Betim, Ribeirão das Neves or other cities in the state, like Governador Valadares, which has rates above 20, even above 30 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
Desconhecido: How do you intend to confront issues of violence, and how do you view the issue of organized crime which has become a pandemic across the country, specifically here in Minas Gerais?
Well, first, to say that I am immensely proud of our police forces.
Mateus Simões: We have the Civil Police with the best homicide investigation results in Brazil.
Mateus Simões: We have the Military Police consistently considered among the three best in the country and among the least lethal, because in Minas Gerais it's not a question of the police being violent; it's a question of the police being respected.