The impacts of the pacification policy, the social issues regarding violence and the challenges for leadership and continuity of this policy were the topics addressed yesterday at the seminar Citizenship and safety: results and future of the pacification policy in Rio de Janeiro - held yesterday, December 9th, by the Brazilian Institute of Economics (FGV/IBRE).The event was attended by experts in public safety, scholars, managers and members of civil society to evaluate the five years since the opening of the first Pacifying Police Unit (UPP) in the community of Santa Marta in Rio de Janeiro. There are currently 34 installed UPPs covering 226 areas where 1.5 million people live. However, as the policy is expanded, new challenges and questions about its sustainability arise.Among the concerns raised are crime relocation, the political continuity of the project and the ability to control large areas where organized crime is very strong. The police occupation limits in promoting the integration among communities and the rest of the city, the effectiveness and scope of the programs and social initiatives and the role of the private sector and society in the whole process were also discussed.Real state valuation in localities with UPPs and their surroundings areas was also mentioned. According to the President of Inter.B Consultoria Internacional de Negócios, Cláudio Frischtak, up to 15% of all growth in the average price of properties in the city, since 2008, is related to the installation of UPPs and the reduction of crime rates in these areas. Frischtak presented at the seminar a preview of the results from a study done in partnership with the American Benjamin Mandel. Whereas IBRE researcher, Joana Monteiro, stressed that the UPPs should be taken to all parts of the city. The pacification policy focuses on specific areas and shanty towns, but it is necessary to pay more attention to the West and North regions, she warns.The event was also attended by IBRE researcher, Fernando Velloso; the director of Ipea, Daniel Cerqueira, professors Leandro Piquet (USP) and Claudio Beato (UFMG); the Undersecretary of Planning and Operational Integration of the Security Office of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Antônio Roberto Cesário de Sá; the president of Instituto Pereira Passos, Eduarda La Roque; the coordinator of Afroreggae Washington Rimas; and the founder and president of Associação Semente da Vida (ASVI), Maria do Socorro Brandão.The seminar Citizenship and safety: results and future of the pacification policy in Rio de Janeiro took place in the auditorium on the 12th floor of FGV's main offices in Rio de Janeiro.