Rio State Assembly Reinstates 'Gratificação Faroeste' Police Bonus After Overriding Veto

Overview

• Lawmakers voted 40–24 to overturn Governor Cláudio Castro’s veto in a second tally after the first vote was annulled amid a dispute over the count.
• The measure revives bonuses worth 10% to 150% of salary for civil police in cases labeled “neutralization” of suspects, seizures of restricted or large‑calibre weapons, or victimization in service.
• The governor had rejected the provision citing the State’s Fiscal Recovery Regime and constitutional limits on legislature‑driven spending increases for executive initiatives.
• Federal and human‑rights authorities, including the MPF and DPU, argue the policy violates constitutional guarantees and court rulings and encourages lethal confrontations, with legal challenges expected.
• The assembly leadership said the law will be promulgated within two days; the bonus echoes a 1995–1998 policy later repealed after studies linked it to higher police killings.