Miami SAO blames Carlos Gimenez for unsolved crimes

Miami SAO blames Carlos Gimenez for unsolved crimes

Under pressure from the Mothers of Murdered Kids group that protested at her office, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez-Rundle sorta passed the buck on unsolved crimes the other day, placing most of the blame squarely where it belongs: in the lap of Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez. In a statement, KFR basically shed light on the […]

All about the optics: Cops ‘graduating’ class is just for show

All about the optics: Cops ‘graduating’ class is just for show

Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez is all about the optics. Under fire on an election year for letting the police department get dangerously understaffed, Gimenez will attend a ceremony Thursday for the “largest graduating class” of police officers. But like a lot of other things the mayor does, it’s not entirely true and mostly for show. […]

More protesters than audience at Carlos Gimenez SOTC

More protesters than audience at Carlos Gimenez SOTC

If you take away the employees who had to be there — the deputy mayors, the directors and assistant directors, the police command staff — and the mayor’s family, the press and the family members of the three employees he decided to highlight in his State of the County address, the lobbyists and the students […]

PBA paints Carlos Gimenez as ‘Pinocchio style’ liar

PBA paints Carlos Gimenez as ‘Pinocchio style’ liar

The new August issue of the PBA’s Heat newspaper — published by the Miami-Dade Police Benevolent Association — takes aim at an old target right out front and center. On the cover is Carlos “Cry Wolf” Gimenez, primping in the mirror as he “readies for the budget.” Looking back at him is his face — with […]

Already scarce police forces put on parade patrol detail

Already scarce police forces put on parade patrol detail

The Miami-Dade Police Department is already short somewhere around 350 to 600 officers, depending on who you ask. And that number rising — as rookies flee to other departments and veterans retire. About 194 officers have retired or resigned within the last few months alone. On Monday, putting our neighborhoods at further risk, our police […]

Hialeah’s budget shortfall may cause cuts to police force

Hialeah’s budget shortfall may cause cuts to police force

DEVELOPING STORY: Two months into the fiscal year, after approving what Hialeah Mayor Carlos Hernandez promised was a balanced budget, the City of Retrogress announced this week that the city is actually facing a $28 million shortfall and may have to lay off dozens of police officers. Hernandez blamed the “unsustainable” union benefits as the […]

Body cameras are swell — but put one on the mayor, too

Body cameras are swell — but put one on the mayor, too

The violence that erupted in Ferguson — as well as the police shooting that started it — has refueled the debate about body cameras on police officers, including in Miami-Dade, where the mayor and commission have set $1 million aside in this year’s tight budget to equip 500 county cops with video recorders worn on […]

Round II: PBA meets again with county honchos over contract

Round II: PBA meets again with county honchos over contract

Members of the PBA bargaining unit will meet again with Miami-Dade Human Resources Director Arlene Cuellar today to try to reach an agreement on the contract with the Miami-Dade Police employees, both sworn and civilian. But already it looks like things are going better than before — if only because they are talking and this […]

PBA launches own radio show for ‘equal’ air time

PBA launches own radio show for ‘equal’ air time

On any given day of the week, morning or afternoon, you can turn your radio dial and hear either Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos “Cry Wolf” Gimenez and county commissioners speaking to the masses. While it’s not equal time, now the county cops want to reach an audience, too. The Dade County Police Benevolent Association launched its […]

Fight! PBA and county meet today to discuss contract

Fight! PBA and county meet today to discuss contract

It’s not like she’s going to need Kevlar, but Miami-Dade County Human Resources Director Arlene Cuellar might want to bring some extra chutzpah and a sense of humor to work today: She’s going to meet this morning with the bargaining unit at the PBA, which has what can only be described as pretty hostile relations […]