

After a year apart, Cidade de Deus is welcoming back commander Felipe Romeu. Responsible for the implementation of the community’s UPP, on February 2009, the Major is now back to continue the pacification process. . . »
The Pacifying Police Unit (UPP) located at Cidade de Deus will be divided into three. This new division, which will take into consideration the social and geographic differences perceived inside the community,. . . »
Last Thursday morning Rio’s security secretary, José Mariano Beltrame, supervised the beginning of the works that will be carried out by the municipal department of conservation and public services (Seconserva) at Cidade de Deus, in the city’s west zone… »
It was evening. The warm summer wind was blowing and the heat was strong. Leaning on the Pacifier Police Division door at Cidade de Deus, the new commandant of the unit, Captain Sidnei Pazini , was wearing a black kimono and dripping sweat from his forehead. His blue belt is the same color of... »
News Digithal (digithal.blogspot.com), owned by journalist Fernando Rosenthal, resident of Pechincha, praised the operation and the changes undergone by the region since the implementation of the Pacifier Police Division... »
Un-dent, smoothens, paint. Un-dent, smoothens, paint. Take the carcass off, assemble it again. . Up, up, up. Out with the tires, in with the tires. The strong odour of paint is everywhere and the droplets seem to stick to the clothes. An electric arc is on. This year spring has arrived with a... »
A children’s toy made out of thin paper and bamboo sticks used by the Pacifier Police Division (UPP) in interventions at Cidade de Deus has been transforming the community’s attitude towards police officers. »