CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AS A PUBLIC INSTRUMENT FOR THE SUPREMACY OF CRIMINAL PERSECUTION: a critical-analytical study on the essentiality of the police investigation

Abstract

This work seeks to demonstrate criminal investigation as an essential public instrument in criminal prosecution, highlighting the leading role os the Judicial Police as a State institution in the defense os justice, as well as the express absense of constitucional authorizations for another institution to exercise this role. The police investigation, its mais product, stands out as a fundamental piece, structured by constitucional guidelines that guarantee its legitimacy. The Judicial Police Plays a central role in protecting society and citizen's rights, and its autonomy is essential and effective investigations. Issues relating to investigation and police inquirity will be adressed, in addition to the constitucional guidelines that govern the preliminary investigation, deconstructing the view of its non-essentiality and reaffirming its role in defending the public interest and guaranteeing fundamental rights.