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Resolution: R-21-0406
File Number: 10816
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 9/27/2021
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
PURSUANT TO SECTION 14 OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, DESIGNATING THE CITY COMMISSION AS AN
INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE ("COMMITTEE") AND APPOINTING
COMMISSIONER JEFFERY WATSON AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE;
TASKING THE COMMITTEE TO TASK THE CITY ATTORNEY TO HIRE AN
INVESTIGATOR, PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. R-21-0405, TO
INVESTIGATE THE ALLEGATIONS RAISED BY CHIEF OF POLICE HUBERT
ARTURO ACEVEDO ("CHIEF") IN HIS MEMORANDUM DATED SEPTEMBER
24, 2021, ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED, THE VARIOUS TOPICS
IDENTIFIED IN RESOLUTION NO. R-21-0405 ADOPTED SEPTEMBER 27,
2021, AND ANY OTHER MATTER REQUESTED BY THE COMMITTEE,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY ALLEGATION OF INTERFERENCE
OR OBSTRUCTION OF ANY INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATIONS OR
ATTEMPTS TO INFLUENCE THE OUTCOME OF ANY INTERNAL AFFAIRS
INVESTIGATIONS BY THE CHIEF.
WHEREAS, the City Commission has empaneled itself as a Committee of the City
Commission of the City of Miami pursuant to Section 14 of the Charter of the City of Miami,
Florida, as amended ("City Charter'), and the same is hereby appointed and created as an
investigative committee pursuant to Section 14 of the City Charter ("Investigative Committee");
and
WHEREAS, the Investigative Committee shall consist of the following members of the
City Commission:
Honorable Alex Diaz de La Portilla
Honorable Ken Russell
Honorable Joe Carollo
Honorable Manolo Reyes
Honorable Jeffery Watson; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has appointed Commissioner Jeffery Watson as the
Chair of the Investigative Committee pursuant to Section 14 of the City Charter for purposes of
issuing subpoenas; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has instructed the City Attorney to engage an
independent investigator(s) ("Investigator') to carry out the investigation into the matters
described herein; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission will not have an actual role in the investigation except
as described herein by forming itself, signing the subpoenas, and divesting its investigative
powers to the independent Investigator; and
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WHEREAS, the City Commission shall not conduct the investigation itself; and
WHEREAS, the Investigator shall conduct the investigation;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY 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 if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. Pursuant to Section 14 of the City Charter, the City Commission is
hereby designated as the Investigative Committee with membership as outlined herein
and Commissioner Jeffery Watson named the Chairperson to task the City Attorney to hire
an Investigator to investigate the allegations raised by Chief of Police Hubert Arturo
Acevedo ("Chief') in his memorandum dated September 24, 2021, attached and
incorporated as Exhibit "A"; the various topics identified in Resolution No. R-21-0405
adopted on September 27, 2021; and any other matter requested by the Investigative
Committee, including but not limited to, any allegation of interference or obstruction of any
internal affairs investigations or attempts to influence the outcome of any internal affairs
investigations by the Chief.
Section 3. This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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