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Resolution: R-21-0194
File Number: 9024
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 5/13/2021
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION DIRECTING THE CITY
MANAGER, IN THE NEXT NINETY (90) DAYS, TO DEVELOP AND
IMPLEMENT A TRAINING PROGRAM FOR THE MIAMI POLICE
DEPARTMENT ("MPD") TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTION CENTERED ON THE
GUIDELINES SET FORTH IN THE INTERNATIONAL CHIEFS OF POLICE
("IACP") PUBLICATION "PRACTICES IN MODERN POLICING/ POLICING IN
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS" IN ORDER TO IMPROVE UPON HOW THE
MPD RESPONDS TO CALLS FOR SERVICE RELATING TO THE CITY'S
HOMELESS AND VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Manolo Reyes
WHEREAS, the Miami City Commission finds that promoting effective policing
fulfills an important City interest in protecting the safety of both the public and the Miami
Police Department's ("MPD") officers; and
WHEREAS, policing in vulnerable populations emerged in the final report of the
Task Force on 21st Century Policing as a key theme for driving healthy community -police
relations; and
WHEREAS, the City's vulnerable population is comprised of people who are
elderly, homeless, disabled, undocumented, addicted, and physically or mentally ill; and
WHEREAS, in 2016, the Office of Community Oriented Polices Services, United
States Department of Justice ("COPS Office"), in partnership with the International
Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), launched the Advancing 21 st Century Policing
Initiative and produced a guide publication titled Practices in Modern Policing — Policing in
Vulnerable Populations ("the Guide"); and
WHEREAS, the Guide demonstrates how law enforcement agencies can build
public confidence by serving vulnerable populations more effectively and illustrates
strategies that work —coalition building, officer training, and engaging with social
workers —and includes examples of model programs through which law enforcement
agencies are successfully leveraging them; and
WHEREAS, the Guide provides that law enforcement culture should embrace a
guardian —rather than a warrior—mindset to build trust and legitimacy both within
agencies and with the public; and
WHEREAS, the Guide further recommends in Pillar 5, Training and Education, that
cadets, line officers, and executives should respond to the challenges of modern policing
and that academy and in-service trainings should focus on previously unaddressed
subjects such as mental health, cultural differences, and youth brain development
recognizing that high -quality, effective training, particularly that which comes from a highly
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regarded academic institution, will enable officers to better understand the diverse
populations with which they work; and
WHEREAS, the MPD and the public will benefit from increased training for Miami
Police Officers on dealing with the City's vulnerable population including the homeless;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are
adopted by reference and incorporated as fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Manager is directed to, in the next ninety (90) days, develop and
implement a training program for the MPD to provide additional instruction centered on the
guidelines set forth in the International Chiefs of Police ("IACP") publication "Practices In
Modern Policing/ Policing In Vulnerable Populations" in order to improve upon how the MPD
responds to calls for service relating to the City's homeless and vulnerable populations.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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