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In a scene that would have been unthinkable a few years ago, police patrol the Borel favela of Rio de Janeiro. Most UPP officers are new recruits, and have not been brought up in the traditional methods of policing in Rio. The newly built UPP headquarters in the Cantagalo community. UPP Officers on night patrol in Borel. UPP officers frequently stop and frisk young men in search of weapons and drugs. This has caused some tension. Captain Bruno Amaral de Margalhaes, commanding officer of the Borel UPP, speaks with residents at a community meeting. Boys fly kites in Cantagalo. Residents speak out at a community meeting in Babilonia. A new cable car system connects the 130,000 residents of the Complexo Alemao favela to the rest of the city. The letters spraypainted on the home that Janet Alves shares with her kids indicate that it is scheduled for demolition. Kids have the freedom to play outdoors at night now that their parents no longer worry that they'll get caught in a crossfire.