Saw this in the NY times...good read about Brazil trying to improve perception and performance of the police force.....sounds similar to what the U.S. military did in Iraq....clear and hold strategy...
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/11/world/...=1&_r=1&hp
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/11/world/...=1&_r=1&hp