SESP

What SESP does

SESP — Secretaria da Segurança Pública e Defesa Social — is the public security and social defense secretariat of the State of Espírito Santo, Brazil, operating under the Government of the State of Espírito Santo. It is the central coordinating authority for the state's security institutions, integrating the Military Police (PMES), Civil Police (PCES), Fire Department (CBMES), Scientific Police (PCIES), DETRAN, Municipal Guards, Justice Secretariat, and Federal Highway Police under a single operational command. Its headquarters are in Vitória (Av. Marechal Mascarenhas de Moraes, 2355 — Bento Ferreira), and its remit covers all municipalities of Espírito Santo.

SESP's core operational platform is CIODES — the Centro Integrado Operacional de Defesa Social — created in July 2004 and extended by CIODES SUL in 2010. CIODES operates a 24/7 emergency call center receiving calls to 190 (Military Police), 191 (Federal Highway Police), and 193 (Fire Department); classifies occurrences by priority (Alerta Vermelho / High / Medium / Low); and dispatches GPS-tracked patrol vehicles. Alongside CIODES, SESP runs Disque-Denúncia 181 (anonymous crime reporting via telephone and a web portal, operated since 2001 and made 24/7 in 2012), the Delegacia Online electronic police-reporting service, the Observatório da Segurança Pública analytics portal, the Missing Persons Portal, and the Sistema e-Docs for internal document management. Specialized programs include 13 Delegacias Especializadas de Atendimento à Mulher (DEAMs), the Casa Abrigo Estadual Maria Cândida Teixeira (high-complexity shelter for women at imminent risk), the Visitas Tranquilizadoras reassurance-visit program, and the Grupo Reflexivo "Homem que é Homem" for domestic-violence perpetrators.

SESP is funded entirely through state budget allocations from Espírito Santo tax revenues and does not generate commercial revenue. It sells no product or service to paying customers; citizens of Espírito Santo are the served population. Outreach is conducted through the official SESP website (sesp.es.gov.br), public-awareness campaigns, and security-education programs delivered through the Soldier Training Center. The agency's legal framework rests on Lei Complementar 690/2013 and Lei Complementar 922/2019, with operational structures defined by Decreto 5417/2023.

Name

SESP

Legal name

Secretaria da Segurança Pública e Defesa Social

Website

https://sesp.es.gov.br

Company type

Public

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Short description

SESP is the State Secretariat of Public Security and Social Defense of Espírito Santo, Brazil, coordinating military and civil police, fire, and civil defense across the state. It operates the CIODES 24/7 emergency call center, the Disque-Denúncia 181 anonymous hotline, and specialized women's protection, school safety, and security-personnel health programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Safety Services

NAICS

Security Guards and Patrol Services (561612), Police Protection (92212), Security Systems Services (except Locksmiths) (561621)

SIC

Services-Detective, Guard & Armored Car Services (7381)

akta.pro primary industry

Security Systems Monitoring & Dispatch (SOC/Remote Guarding) (IMAIAEAF)

Keywords

• Public safety services
• Emergency call centers
• Crime prevention programs
• Women protection services
• Public security coordination

Headquarters

HQ city

Vitória da Conquista

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Budget Allocation: As a state government secretariat, SESP is funded through public tax revenues and government budget allocations, not through commercial revenue generation.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

SESP is the state government agency that coordinates all public security and civil defense operations in Espírito Santo, Brazil. It delivers integrated emergency response via the CIODES call center (190, 191, 193), anonymous crime reporting through Disque-Denúncia 181, electronic police reports via Delegacia Online, specialized women's protection services including 13 DEAMs and the Casa Abrigo shelter, and statewide security data through the Observatório da Segurança Pública. Services are provided free to all citizens of the state 24/7, supported by an integrated command structure linking Military Police, Civil Police, Fire Department, and other security forces.

Product overview

SESP (Secretaria da Segurança Pública e Defesa Social) is a Brazilian state government department overseeing public security and civil defense for Espírito Santo. Rather than a single unified product, SESP operates a portfolio of interconnected emergency and citizen services: CIODES 190 serves as the integrated 24/7 emergency call center coordinating Military Police, Civil Police, and Fire Department responses; Disque-Denúncia 181 provides anonymous crime reporting via phone and web; the Polícia Online system enables electronic police reports; and specialized services include the Women's Protection network (Casa Abrigo shelter, specialized police stations, Reassurance Visits program), Security Observatory for data analytics, and the Missing Persons Portal. Supporting administrative systems include e-Docs for document management and various transparency/access-to-information portals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CIODES 190: Centro Integrado Operacional de Defesa Social - Integrated emergency call center service for police, fire, and emergency services coordination.
• Disque-Denúncia 181
• Delegacias Especializadas de Atendimento à Mulher
• Programa Estado Presente
• COESP
• COPAS

Products and services

• CIODES 190 (Integrated Emergency Call Center)

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1,000 people sheltered at Casa Abrigo Estadual since its creation
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Departamento de Biotecnologia - UFEScoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Partnership with the UFES Biotechnology Department for the Soma-SI project analyzing stress conditions among security public servants and implementing medical and psychosocial treatment measures.
• Instituto de Pesquisa, Prevenção e Estudos em Suicídio (IPPES)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Partnership with IPPES for the Segurançaqprevine project, a diagnostic study producing subsidies for a suicide prevention and postvention action plan in the field of Public Security and Social Defense.
• Núcleo de Pesquisa, Inovação e Planejamento Socioeconômico (Nupla) - UFEScoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Partnership with the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES) through Nupla for the 'Diagnosis of Working Conditions and Quality of Life of Security Forces in Espírito Santo' research study covering approximately 16,000 security personnel.
• Secretaria de Estado da SaúdecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Partnership with the State Health Secretariat for training and qualification of police officers on Maria da Penha Law and humanized care for women in violence situations.
• Ministério Público do Estado do Espírito Santo (via Núcleo NVLD)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Partnership with the Public Prosecutor's Office through the Núcleo de Enfrentamento à Violência Doméstica e Familiar contra a Mulher (Nevid) for training and continuing education of police officers on domestic violence response.
• ONG Espírito Santo Unido Contra o Crime (ESUCC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2001Partnership established in March 2003 with ESUCC for funding and operation of Disque-Denúncia 181, including personnel, facilities, equipment and consumables. SESP took full operational responsibility in 2011.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Secretaria da Segurança Pública de São Paulo (SSP-SP): State-level public security secretariat for the state of São Paulo, coordinating Civil Police, Military Police, and technical-scientific police. Directly comparable as a fellow Brazilian state SSP with the same mandate of integrating police, fire, traffic, and emergency response coordination across a state.
• Secretaria da Segurança Pública do Paraná (SESP-PR): Paraná's state secretariat of public security, sharing the same nomenclature (SESP) and integrated structure coordinating police, fire, and traffic functions at the state level. Operates within a comparable budget envelope and uses similarly named integrated emergency operations frameworks.
• Secretaria de Estado de Segurança Pública de Minas Gerais (SESP-MG): Minas Gerais state secretariat with identical structure and scope, integrating Military Police, Civil Police, Fire Department, and emergency response under a single state secretariat. Operates in a similarly sized Brazilian state and competes for the same federal funding mechanisms.
• Secretaria da Segurança Pública da Bahia (SSP-BA): Bahia state SSP, comparable in scope and integrated structure - coordinates Civil Police, Military Police, Fire Department, and technical services in a large Brazilian state. Functions as a direct peer for benchmarking emergency operations and women's protection services.
• Secretaria de Estado de Segurança do Rio de Janeiro (SESEG-RJ): Rio de Janeiro's equivalent secretariat, historically the originator of the Disque-Denúncia model that SESP later imported via MOV RIO. Operates with similar scope of integrated emergency coordination, civil police, military police, and specialized protection services.

Broad incumbents

• Ministério da Justiça e Segurança Pública (MJSP): Brazilian federal ministry that oversees national public security policy, the Federal Police, and federal funding mechanisms for state-level security secretariats. Functions as both regulator and broader incumbent, with overlapping scope at the national level and influence over state-level policy direction.
• Polícia Federal (PF): Brazil's federal police force, operating as a parallel and partially overlapping public security agency. Coordinates with SESP through CIODES for federal highway policing (191) and shares jurisdiction on certain crimes. Relevant as a broader incumbent in the same sector.

Emerging players

• Polícia Militar do Estado de São Paulo (PMESP): Military police force for São Paulo state, structurally aligned with the PMES operated under SESP. While SESP is the umbrella secretariat, PMESP represents the largest peer military police force in Brazil and shares operational doctrine, response methodologies, and training infrastructure with PMES.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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