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This article analyzes the transformation of the police system during the First Republic in Portugal. The republican revolution of October 5, 1910 brought with it the expectation of a profound reform and republicanization of the police structures. The following years, however, proved frustrating. On the one hand, political blockades have prevented an effective transformation of the police system: if the police were almost always on the political agenda, government instability barred the pursuit of the proposed reforms. On the other hand, this paper argues that, in addition to the political dynamics, we must also look at other elements, both organizational and professional, that have contributed decisively to the evolution of the police system in this period. Thus, the article ends by pointing out the importance of the aging of police force, the conflicts generated by the territorialization of the police apparatus and the formation of different professional cultures within the police forces for the history of police and policing in this period.

O objetivo deste trabalho é investigar os processos pelo quais as crianças se apropriam e transformam a cidade, podendo construir assim um sentimento de identificação e apreciação em relação ao lugar em que vivem. É por meio dessas transformações sentimentais e na ação dos sujeitos que a cidadania pode se estruturar, fundamentada na participação das crianças em uma coletividade. Realizamos uma oficina em um escola do Rio de Janeiro, com 24 crianças com idades entre 7 e 8 anos, em que nos propusemos a acompanhar essas crianças no processo de elaboração de um jornal sobre o bairro. Ao longo da oficina, elas puderam construir uma nova posição subjetiva e coletiva ao buscarem sentidos comuns para o que vêem e experienciam na cidade, além de terem podido circular pela cidade de uma forma diferente, ao exercerem as funções de fotógrafo, entrevistador e pesquisador. Concluímos que a cidadania se constrói como um complexo sentimental e de ação, na medida em que as crianças podem participar mais ativamente no estabelecimento de laços com quem compartilham o espaço urbano e, por meio da narrativização, podem re-elaborar a noção da cidade enquanto um espaço comum.The objective of this work is to investigate the process children use to transform the city, being able therefore to construct a feeling of identification and appreciation towards the city they inhabit. It is through these sentimental transformations and the action of the subjects that the citizenship can be structured, based on the participation of children in a community. We conducted a workshop in a school in Rio de Janeiro, with 24 children aged between 7 and 8, in which we intended to accompany these children in the process of making a newspaper about their district. Along the workshop, they were able to build a new subjective and collective position when they searched for common sense to what they see and experience in the city, besides being able to wander in the city in a different way, playing different roles such as photographers, interviewers and researchers. We concluded that citizenship is constructed as a set of feelings and actions, as children may participate more actively in the establishment of bonds with those who they share the urban space with and, throughout narrativization, they can re-elaborate the notion of the city as a common place.