The "CORE", a special police division in Rio de Janeiro gets ready for training at their Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas base, this area is a touristic hot spot in Rio and will host the rowing and canoeing competitions at the 2016 summer Olympic Games. Recently armed robberies exploded around this area resulting in one violent death and many injured this year. Popular protests asked for an answer from the authorithies as the robberies continued. Despite being located at this site, this Police division does not work on this specific neighborhood.