Watch A Force For Change

The Ṣo Paulo police force was corrupt, brutal, and despised. In 2003, however, several senior officers saw the Transformations documentary and major changes began to unfold. Godly strategies emerged leading to dramatic turnarounds in the city's most violent neighborhoods. Now other police forces across the nation are asking how they can replicate this success. The Ṣo Paulo police force is the largest and best-equipped law enforcement agency in the southern hemisphere. Employing well over 100,000 personnel, the force boasts aerial support operations, mounted cavalry, a counter-terrorism unit, riot-control troops, and an impressive criminal intelligence division. But every castle has a basement. Out of the view of tourists and reporters, elements of this powerful force have long been playing cozy with underworld drug dealers and racketeers. Other officers, fed up with the justice system's corrupt revolving door, have turned to vigilantism.