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PCMG Delegado de Polícia: Administrative Law and Police Administration

PCMG Delegado de Polícia · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.

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Administrative Law and Police Administration

What the exam tests

Administrative law questions cover principles, administrative acts, poderes da administração, responsabilidade civil do Estado, and improbidade administrativa. For a police delegate, the key themes are disciplinary power, hierarchy, and the legality of administrative decisions.

Core concepts

  • Princípios: legality, impersonality, morality, publicity, efficiency (art. 37), plus proportionality, reasonableness, and autotutela.
  • Atos administrativos: attributes of presunção de legitimidade, imperatividade, and autoexecutoriedade; requisites of competência, finalidade, forma, motivo, objeto.
  • Poderes: hierárquico, disciplinar, regulamentar, and de polícia. Disciplinary power is limited by devido processo legal and ampla defesa.
  • Responsabilidade civil do Estado: objective under art. 37, §6º, with the teoria do risco administrativo and exclusions for fault of the victim, force majeure, or third party.
  • Improbidade: Lei 8.429/1992, with intent requirements after the 2021 reform.

Traps

  • Confusing anulação (illegality) with revogação (convenience and opportunity); the former can reach atos vinculados, the latter only atos discricionários.
  • Prescrição of disciplinary action: five years in the federal regime, with exceptions.
  • Responsabilidade objetiva does not require proof of fault of the agent, but the victim must prove the act, damage, and causal link.
  • Poder de polícia is not unlimited; it must respect proportionality and the devido processo legal.

Rule of thumb

For administrative act questions, check the five requisites in order; a defect in competência or finalidade is insanable, while defects in forma or motivo may be cured when not essential.

Worked example

A delegate removes a subordinate from a case without any justification or process. The act violates motivação and ampla defesa; because it affects a functional situation, it may be annulled. The exam distinguishes removal (a legitimate hierarchical act when motivated) from punishment (which requires disciplinary process).