Pricilla de Oliveira Azevedo

Pricilla de Oliveira Azevedo is a Brazilian police officer.  In 2012 she received the International Women of Courage Award. 

 Work 

In 1998, de Oliveira joined the Rio de Janeiro military police.  In 2000 she started work in street operations.   In 2007, she was attacked and kidnapped. She escaped and arrested three of her kidnappers.

In 2008 she became head of the first “Police Pacification Unit” (UPP) in Rio de Janeiro. In 2013, a man disappeared in Rocinha.  The officers of the Police Pacification Unit were accused of being part of the crime. De Oliveira became head of the police unit. 

 Awards 

In 2012 De Oliveira received the International Women of Courage award, and Veja magazine named her Defender of the City.

 References 

 Other websites 

 2012 International Women of Courage Awards, U.S. State Department photostream on Flickr 
 Secretary's International Women of Courage Award (U.S. Department of State)

Category:Living people
Category:People from Rio de Janeiro
Category:Kidnapped people
Category:Police officers
Category:Women who received the International Women of Courage Award
Category:1978 births