| Summary: | Changes in violent crime rates implies a need for strategies to protect the population. Public safety policies
should be focused on preventive security, which has the potential to reduce crime rates. The allocation of the
police observation posts contributes to an increase in safety. However, given limited resources, the number of
observation units has reduced in most Brazilian cities. Therefore, efficient allocation of these resources is necessary
to ensure rational use of security agents. Several aspects influence decisions related to where to install these
units, complicating this process. The multiple criteria approach is appropriate in this type of decision-making
process, because it allows the decision maker to generate and consolidate knowledge. The results indicate that
the most suitable neighborhoods are those with higher rates of violence and greater social gaps. This work presents
some benefits to the area of public security, since it formalizes tacit knowledge into explicit knowledge. The
information contained in this study may be made available to other public administrators who need to make
this kind of decision.
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