The present article is aimed at discussing and examining the experience of integration of civil and military policemen (state police), from police actions developed in the Model-Districts created in the northern Brazilian state of Ceará in 1998. Those districts are seen as models for integration in a public safety policy that has unified its authority in the state and has sought the integration of police actions in the whole power structure of police systems, in spite of their distinct attributions and interests as well as the disputes and quarrels between both police forces.
integration; partnership; unification; judiciary police; intensive policing; militarism; discipline, hierarchy