AdvertisementIn Brazil's Slums, Police Try A Softer TouchDecember 02, 2009Juan ForerofacebookEmailPolice Capt. Pricilla Azevedo is the commander of a new community policing unit in Rio de Janeiro. The first of its kind, the new unit approaches relations in favelas such as Santa Marta from the ground up — preferring communication with local residents as opposed to past police tactics of armed confrontation. (NPR)