the polícia pacificadora (upp), a special police force in charge of keeping order in the some favelas and keeping drug lords away from them, also has a frequently updated page with chapéu mangueira's news here.

frequently updated news pertaining specifically to the pacification of chapéu mangueira can be found on the blog da pacificação website on this link.   further, the same blog posts here some precious pictures of this community.  conversations with officials of the upp (polícia pacificadora) can be seen here.    

still on the blog da pacificação website, pictures are posted here.