Pricilla de Oliveira Azevedo

Major Pricilla de Oliveira Azevedo (born c. 1978) is a Brazilian police officer who has won international awards for her service.

She arrested people who had earlier kidnapped her and held her prisoner.

[1] In 2007 she was kidnapped and attacked, but she escaped and managed to arrest three of her kidnappers.

[3] In 2008 she was placed in charge of the first “Police Pacification Unit” (UPP) in Rio de Janeiro, in the favela of Santa Marta.

[4][2] She received a 2012 International Women of Courage award, and Veja named her Defender of the City.

Pricilla de Oliveira Azevedo along Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton received the International Women of Courage Award in 2012.