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Newsby Staff WriterJune 26, 2014

Auditors Recommend Changes to Miami Beach PD After Controversies

Miami Beach's frequently scrutinized police department should "strongly consider" equipping officers with cop-cameras, discouraging them from firing at dangerous drivers, and rethinking officers' off-duty details, according to an audit of the department released Wednesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 21, 2014

Miami PD Cleans House After Protection Scandal

Eventually, a dozen officers — all from the North District station — were implicated in a two-year investigation by Miami detectives and FBI agents of the off-the-books protection gig and other corruption crimes.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 13, 2013

Miami PD Approved to Hire 100 Officers

Miami's elected leaders granted approval for the hiring of 100 new police officers Thursday following an emotional appeal by current officers to restore lost benefits.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 9, 2013

DOJ: Miami PD Used Excessive Force

For the first time ever, a federal judge will monitor the Miami Police Department to help prevent its officers from using excessive force after the U.S. Justice Department Tuesday found that several police-involved shootings were unjustified during a four-year period.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 16, 2013

Miami PD Purchases 9 Electric Stand-up Vehicles

The Miami Police Department has purchased and placed into service a fleet of nine electric stand-up vehicles (ESVs) from T3 Motion Inc. The Patroller vehicles will be used to patrol high-density, high-traffic areas, including downtown Miami.

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Articlesby David GriffithDecember 6, 2011

Blue on Blue: The Speeding Miami Cop

A Florida Highway Patrol trooper's decision to pull over a speeding Miami PD cruiser on Florida's Turnpike sparked blue-on-blue tensions that verged on childishness.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 25, 2011

Vacationing NYPD Cop Wounded In Miami Hotel Gunfight

A veteran New York Police detective who was on vacation was critically wounded in a gunfight on an outside corridor of his Miami Beach hotel early Saturday. He may have been the victim of a robbery attempt.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 11, 2010

Miami-Dade PD Green Fund Under Fire

The Florida Environmental Task Force Trust Fund was set up a decade ago to fight environmental crimes. Since then, the fund overseen by the county police department has spent more than $5 million — with half of that coming in the past three years.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 5, 2010

Miami-Dade PD's Fusion Center Coordinates Super Bowl Info Sharing

Solution seamlessly integrates 64 agencies, facilitating preventive analysis and situational awareness, which contributed to improved real-time decision making.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 16, 2009

Miami-Dade PD Acquires Second American Eurocopter AS350B3

It's the second of four AS350B3s that have been ordered. The aircraft will join the department's Special Patrol Bureau's Aviation Unit that includes a fleet of rotary and fixed-wing aircraft.

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