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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.
Read More →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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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.
Read More →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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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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A marijuana grow house's surveillance cameras captured a shootout with Miami-Dade PD detectives who fatally shot one of the suspects. Warning: Video contains graphic content. Read the full story here.
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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.
Read More →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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The NLEOMF's Officers of the Month are honored each May during National Police Week in D.C. POLICE Magazine captured the courageous tales of some of these "living legends" from 2009. Officer Raymond Robertson of the Miami-Dade (FL) PD and Capt. Miguel Galvez of the Opa-Locka (FL) PD—picked as the September officers—survived a gun battle during a narcotics operation.
Read More →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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