Moraes Gives Rio 10 Days to Explain 'Faroeste' Police Bonus Law

Overview

• Justice Alexandre de Moraes requested formal responses from the Rio governor and the state assembly and also sought opinions from the AGU and the PGR before deciding on a suspension request.
• The bonus provision remains in effect after Alerj overrode Governor Cláudio Castro’s veto late last year.
• The law authorizes payments when police seize restricted or high-caliber weapons or “neutralize” suspects, with awards ranging from 10% to 150% of salary.
• PSOL’s lawsuit argues the measure is unconstitutional due to legislative overreach that creates executive expenses and violations of human dignity and due‑process safeguards.
• Reports indicate legislators are exploring an expansion of the bonus to Military Police, reviving debate over a 1990s program scrapped in 1998 after public outcry.