Miami Police Department
Encyclopedia
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. The current Acting Chief of Police is Acting Chief Manuel Orosa. 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
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.
Police
The police is a personification of the state designated to put in practice the enforced law, protect property and reduce civil disorder in civilian matters. Their powers include the legitimized use of force...
of the U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
city of Miami, Florida
Miami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
. Their jurisdiction lies within the actual city limits
City limits
The terms city limits and city boundary refer to the defined boundary or border of a city. The area within the city limits is sometimes called the city proper. The terms town limits/boundary and village limits/boundary mean the same as city limits/boundary, but apply to towns and villages...
of Miami, but have mutual aid agreements with neighboring police departments. The current Acting Chief of Police is Acting Chief Manuel Orosa. City of Miami police are distinguishable from their Miami-Dade counterparts
Miami-Dade Police Department
The Miami-Dade Police Department , formerly known as the Metro-Dade County Police Department , Dade County Public Safety Department and the Dade County Sheriff's Office is a Limited Service County Police Department serving Miami-Dade County, Florida's unincorporated areas, although they have...
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
- Liberty City
- Little HaitiLittle HaitiLittle Haiti or La Petite Haïti, and traditionally known as Lemon City, is a neighborhood in Miami, Florida, United States known as a traditional center for Haitian immigrants, and Francophone culture in the city.-Lemon City, early farming days:...
- Upper Eastside
Central District
- AllapattahAllapattah, FloridaAllapattah is a neighborhood mostly in the city of Miami, Florida, and partly in metropolitan Miami, United States. , the county-owned portion of Allapattah, from State Road 9 to LeJeune Road, is being annexed by the city proper.-History:...
- Overtown
- WynwoodWynwood, Miami, FloridaWynwood is a neighborhood in Miami, Florida, United States. It is north of Downtown Miami and Overtown, and adjacent to Edgewater. Wynwood has two major sub-districts, the Wynwood Art District in northern Wynwood, and the Wynwood Fashion District along West 5th Avenue...
/EdgewaterEdgewater, Miami, FloridaEdgewater is a neighborhood in Miami, Florida, United States, located north of Downtown and Omni, and south of the Upper East Side. It roughly bound by North 17th Street to the south, North 37th Street to the north, the Florida East Coast Railway and East First Avenue to the west and Biscayne Bay... - Downtown MiamiDowntown MiamiDowntown Miami is an urban residential neighborhood, and the central business district of Miami, Miami-Dade County, and South Florida in the United States...
South District
- Flagami
- Little Havana
- Coral WayCoral WayCoral Way is a primarily east-west street that begins in the Brickell neighborhood of Downtown, Miami, Florida, United States, ending in Westchester.-Route description:...
- Coconut Grove
Demographics
Breakdown of the makeup of the rank and file of MPD-
- Male: 82%
- Female: 18%
- Hispanic: 54%
- African-American/Black: 27%
- White: 19%
Ranks and Insignia
| Title | Insignia |
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| Chief of Police Chief of police A Chief of Police is the title typically given to the top official in the chain of command of a police department, particularly in North America. Alternate titles for this position include Commissioner, Superintendent, and Chief constable... |
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| Deputy Chief Chief of police A Chief of Police is the title typically given to the top official in the chain of command of a police department, particularly in North America. Alternate titles for this position include Commissioner, Superintendent, and Chief constable... |
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| Assistant Chief Chief of police A Chief of Police is the title typically given to the top official in the chain of command of a police department, particularly in North America. Alternate titles for this position include Commissioner, Superintendent, and Chief constable... |
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| Major Major Major is a rank of commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every military in the world.When used unhyphenated, in conjunction with no other indicator of rank, the term refers to the rank just senior to that of an Army captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel. ... |
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| Commander Commander Commander is a naval rank which is also sometimes used as a military title depending on the individual customs of a given military service. Commander is also used as a rank or title in some organizations outside of the armed forces, particularly in police and law enforcement.-Commander as a naval... |
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| Captain Police captain - France :France uses the rank of capitaine for management duties in both uniformed and plain-clothed policing. The rank comes senior to lieutenant and junior to commandant.... |
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| Lieutenant |  |
| Senior Patrol Sergeant | |
| Sergeant | |
| Senior Patrol Officer | |
| Police Officer Police officer A police officer is a warranted employee of a police force... |
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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 killed in line of duty
Since the establishment of the Miami Police Department, 36 officers have died in the line of duty.| Officer | Date of Death | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Officer John Rhinehart (Bob) Riblet | Gunfire | |
| Officer Frank Angelo Croff | Vehicular assault | |
| Officer Richard Roy Marler | Gunfire (Accidental) | |
| Sergeant Laurie Lafayette Wever | Gunfire | |
| Officer John D. Marchbanks | Struck by vehicle | |
| Officer Samuel J. Callaway | Vehicle pursuit | |
| Officer Jesse L. Morris | Gunfire | |
| Officer Albert R. Johnson | Gunfire (Accidental) | |
| Detective James Franklin Beckham | Gunfire | |
| Officer Augustus S. McCann | Vehicle pursuit | |
| Officer Sidney Clarence Crews | Gunfire | |
| Officer John Brubaker | Automobile accident | |
| Officer Robert Lee Jester | Gunfire | |
| Officer Samuel D. Hicks | Vehicular assault | |
| Officer Patrick Howell Baldwin | Automobile accident | |
| Motorcycle Officer Wesley Frank Thompson | Vehicle pursuit | |
| Police Officer John Milledge | Gunfire | |
| Police Officer Johnnie Young | Gunfire (Accidental) | |
| Police Officer Frampton Pope Wichman Jr. | Accidental | |
| Police Officer Leroy Joseph LaFleur Sr. | Gunfire | |
| Police Officer James H. Brigman | Automobile accident | |
| Police Officer John Thomas Burlinson | Vehicular assault | |
| Police Officer Jerrel E. Ferguson | Gunfire | |
| Police Officer Ronald F. McLeod | Gunfire | |
| Police Officer Rolland Lane II | Gunfire | |
| Sergeant Victor Butler Jr. | Gunfire | |
| Lieutenant Edward F. McDermott | Heart attack | |
| Police Officer Nathaniel K. Broom | Gunfire | |
| Police Officer Jose Raimundo DeLeon | Motorcycle accident | |
| Police Officer David Herring | Duty related illness | |
| Police Officer Victor Estefan | Gunfire | |
| Police Officer William Don Craig | Vehicular assault | |
| Police Officer Osvaldo Juan Canalejo Jr. | Automobile accident | |
| Officer Carlos A. Santiago | Fall | |
| Police Officer William Harris Williams | Motorcycle accident | |
| Detective James Walker | Gunfire | |