the copalimb up from cabanna beach is a poor brazilian neighborhood known for a high crime rate.me has been good -- been a big concern in the run-up to the world cup, along with the ability to provide security for spectators. this is the new police station. priscilla, the commander, greets us. she says it is important to have a better greek presence. until a few years ago the authorities did not set foot in this area, and the heavily armed security forces pushed out the gangs. in a pacification operation. this was a meeting place for drug and weapons dealers, affecting the lives of the residence and it destroyed the peace here. >> today, but colleagues on the force are present on the streets. gangs have disappeared in the area is safe, according to tiago. we follow him and his fellow officer on their patrol. police rarely came here, he says, and things here were very difficult for the authority's. the criminals and the gangs put up a great deal of resistance. not long ago, police were affair -- afraid to enter this area but now they have a report with residents, because of the ha