Miami Police Department
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Miami Police Department
| Miami Police Department | |
| Abbreviation | MPD |
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| Patch of the Miami Police Department. | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1896 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | City of Miami in the state of Florida, USA |
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| Map of Miami Police Department's jurisdiction. | |
| Size | 55.27 square miles (143.1 km2) |
| Population | 362,470 (2000) |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Miami, Florida |
| Police Officers | ~1100 |
| Civilians | 300 |
| Agency executive | Manuel Orosa, Acting Chief of Police |
| Districts | 3 |
| Website | |
| Miami Police | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Miami Police Department or MPD, often referred to as the City of Miami Police, is the chief police department of the U.S. city of Miami, Florida. Their jurisdiction lies within the actual city limits of Miami, but have mutual aid agreements with neighboring police departments. Currently Manuel Orosa is the acting chief of police. City of Miami police are distinguishable from their Miami-Dade counterparts by their blue uniforms and blue-and-white patrol vehicles.
There are three patrolling districts and eleven neighborhoods for which the following districts are responsible:
- North District
- Central District
- South District
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Demographics
Breakdown of the makeup of the rank and file of MPD [1]:
- Male: 82%
- Female: 18%
- Hispanic: 54%
- African-American/Black: 27%
- White: 19%
Ranks and Insignia
| Title | Insignia |
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| Chief of Police |
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| Deputy Chief |
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| Assistant Chief |
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| Major |
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| Commander | |
| Captain |
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| Lieutenant |
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| Senior Patrol Sergeant | |
| Sergeant |
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| Senior Patrol Officer |
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| Police Officer |
Rank insignia for Senior Patrol Officer, Sergeant and Senior Patrol Sergeant is worn on the upper sleeves below the shoulder patch while rank insignia for Lieutenant through Chief is worn on the collars of the shirt.
Officers who died in the line of duty
Since the establishment of the Miami Police Department, 36 officers have died in the line of duty.[2]
| Officer | Date of Death | Details |
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| Officer John Rhinehart (Bob) Riblet[dead link] |
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Gunfire |
| Officer Frank Angelo Croff[dead link] |
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Vehicular assault |
| Officer Richard Roy Marler[dead link] |
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Gunfire (Accidental) |
| Sergeant Laurie Lafayette Wever[dead link] |
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Gunfire |
| Officer John D. Marchbanks[dead link] |
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Struck by vehicle |
| Officer Samuel J. Callaway[dead link] |
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Vehicle pursuit |
| Officer Jesse L. Morris[dead link] |
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Gunfire |
| Officer Albert R. Johnson[dead link] |
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Gunfire (Accidental) |
| Detective James Franklin Beckham[dead link] |
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Gunfire |
| Officer Augustus S. McCann[dead link] |
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Vehicle pursuit |
| Officer Sidney Clarence Crews[dead link] |
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Gunfire |
| Officer John Brubaker[dead link] |
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Automobile accident |
| Officer Robert Lee Jester[dead link] |
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Gunfire |
| Officer Samuel D. Hicks[dead link] |
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Vehicular assault |
| Officer Patrick Howell Baldwin[dead link] |
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Automobile accident |
| Motorcycle Officer Wesley Frank Thompson[dead link] |
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Vehicle pursuit |
| Police Officer John Milledge[dead link] |
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Gunfire |
| Police Officer Johnnie Young[dead link] |
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Gunfire (Accidental) |
| Police Officer Frampton Pope Wichman Jr.[dead link] |
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Accidental |
| Police Officer Leroy Joseph LaFleur Sr.[dead link] |
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Gunfire |
| Police Officer James H. Brigman[dead link] |
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Automobile accident |
| Police Officer John Thomas Burlinson[dead link] |
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Vehicular assault |
| Police Officer Jerrel E. Ferguson[dead link] |
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Gunfire |
| Police Officer Ronald F. McLeod[dead link] |
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Gunfire |
| Police Officer Rolland Lane II[dead link] |
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Gunfire |
| Sergeant Victor Butler Jr.[dead link] |
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Gunfire |
| Lieutenant Edward F. McDermott[dead link] |
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Heart attack |
| Police Officer Nathaniel K. Broom[dead link] |
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Gunfire |
| Police Officer Jose Raimundo DeLeon[dead link] |
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Motorcycle accident |
| Police Officer David Herring[dead link] |
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Duty related illness |
| Police Officer Victor Estefan[dead link] |
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Gunfire |
| Police Officer William Don Craig[dead link] |
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Vehicular assault |
| Police Officer Osvaldo Juan Canalejo Jr.[dead link] |
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Automobile accident |
| Officer Carlos A. Santiago[dead link] |
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Fall |
| Police Officer William Harris Williams[dead link] |
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Motorcycle accident |
| Detective James Walker[dead link] |
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Gunfire |
See also
References
- ^ Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics, 2000: Data for Individual State and Local Agencies with 100 or More Officers
- ^ "The Officer Down Memorial Page". http://www.odmp.org/agency/2647-multnomah-county-sheriffs-office-oregon.
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