One of the greatest concerns for organisers of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro has been the city’s historically low levels of security. As such the latest statistics published on 15 January by the state-run Instituto de Segurança Pública (ISP) provided a welcome fillip to the local authorities. In 2015, the city of Rio de Janeiro registered a murder rate of 18.6 per 100,000, the lowest level for 14 years, a result hailed by the state security secretary, José Mariano Beltrame, as a source of “pride”. Though it appears progress has been made there are a number of important caveats to note.End of preview - This article contains approximately 612 words.
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