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Aggressive tactics:
We do not support, promote, condone or tolerate the use of "Aggressive" or
"heavy-handed" tactics by our officers. They train to use a progressive matrix
which governs them to produce a response necessary to address the specific
threat that is presented.
In addition, one of the qualities that I see with the overwhelming majority of our
police officers is compassion. The officers of the Miami Police Department care
about the people in the community that they serve. This coupled with a strong
training program as well as comprehensive policies, procedures and guidelines
help us produce quality public servants.
However, when their lives are threatened with deadly force or what they believe
is a genuine perceived threat of deadly force, they are trained to respond to
defend their lives and /or the lives of the citizens they are sworn to protect.
We are constantly reviewing and conducting research for best practices in regard
to our tactics, policies and procedures which have remained consistent with
national standards and currently mirror those of the past administration. What
has changed are:
• Duty hours and days worked by our tactical units
The number of firearms taken off our streets (over 1,000)
• The number of firearms fatalities of Police Officers nationwide (up 20%)
• The number of assaults on Miami PO'S (204) this year, which equates to
one every other day.
• Number of citizen complaints are down 32% citywide, and down 42% in
Overtown, down 47% in Model City, down 42% in Little Haiti from last year.
As you can see, we are confronting more people with firearms and being
assaulted on a more frequent basis. The overwhelming majority of the time my
officers did not have to use deadly force during these confrontations. However,
on six occasions they did.
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On at least 2 of those occasions, Commissioner Dunn has been quoted in the
media claiming that the shootings were justified. Although that certainly may turn
out to be the case, we at the police department do not make those judgments or
pre -mature announcements regarding these type incidents.
What we do, is gather all the evidence, conduct our investigation and turn that
information over to the State Attorney's Office. It is that office that makes the
final determination in regard to the force used being justified. Until that
determination is made, I am prohibited by law from discussing the case and
making such statements.
Unfortunately final dispositions of these cases may take some time as we are still
awaiting final dispositions of the officer -involved shootings from 2009 under the
last administration. There were 4 occasions in 2009, where officers used deadly
force to address a threat. One involved a subject with a knife, one with a
machete, another with a box cutter, and yet another was an unarmed subject
struggling to gain control of the officer's weapon. These cases involving deadly
force occurred under Chief Timoney's watch over a year ago. As yet The State
Attorney's office has only closed out one of those cases. Additionally, there is
also a fatal police -involved shooting from 2008 that has yet to be closed out by
the State Attorney's Office. As you can see, the community is not the only one
waiting for answers; our department is also anxious to get answers.
In addition to our officers confronting more and more people with guns, our
citizens, particularly those in Overtown, Model City and Little Haiti are being
victimized by more people with firearms as well.
Although we were fortunate and did not experience multiple victim shootings as
in 2009 where 9 were shot in one occurrence and 12 in another, we have
experienced:
• A 7 year old shot and killed in Little Haiti
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A 2 year old and his mother gunned down while they slept in their Model
City home
A young man, 17 years of age, was gunned down as he walked in the
courtyard of his Overtown apartment complex.
These are just a few of the murders that took place during the year 2010. These
3 areas which comprise less than 30% of the city contain 63% of the murders.
New Year's Eve has proven to be a night when gunfire seems to be the norm. It
was New Year's Eve 1996, when Officer Ricky Taylor was shot in the back of the
head by a sniper from a third floor window while he sat in his patrol car at NW 13
Ave and 61 St. Officer Taylor was lucky to survive, but was forced to retire.
As a result of this type situation, the Miami Police Department started to warn
the citizens of the dangers of New Year's Eve gunfire and to stay indoors
especially during the midnight hour if possible. In addition, officers took added
measures to protect themselves against the prolific New Year's Eve gunfire.
A SWAT team is assigned to provide a response to some of the more
potentially hazardous calls involving shots fired during the hours from 10 pm to
4 AM. As records show, this practice has been applied each New Year's Eve
since 2003.
Historically the calls for service increase dramatically during these hours on this
night, as do the shooting calls. Many of these calls involve automatic weapons
being fired.
During this 6 hour span on this past New Year's Eve, 55 calls were received in
regard to shots fired compared to 43 for New Year's Eve 2009. In addition, 17
of those calls were generated from Overtown , which totaled (31%). Even
though geographically speaking Overtown is the smallest NET area in the City of
Miami.
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The Mayor's remark stating that "we will meet violence with violence" not only
raises community tensions, but it makes our job a more difficult one to
perform. However, I can well understand that his emotions may at times
dictate his actions.
Let me close by saying that the officers of the Miami Police Department are:
• trained professionals
• care about the people that they serve
• are not trained to use heavy-handed tactics
• and finally, what separates them from much of the general population is
that they rely on their training and NOT their emotions to guide their
actions.
The video I am about to play will give you a clearer picture of the commitment
that I have to the communities plagued by violence and the need to have a
robust police presence there.
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Persons shot - Rreakdown by Net Area
Net Area
# per Area
Percentage of Total
! MC
55
34%
LHA I
36
22%
UES
4
2%
ALI.
22
13%
WYN
8
5%
OT
23
14%
DT
85%
FL;
2
1%
CC
3
2%
CNN
I
1%
LHAV
2
1%
Breakdown by Net Area
ALL
1 3 Yo
U ES
2 Yo
EIMC
DUES
oALL
• WYN
DOT
DDT
oFLG
• CG
DCW
oLHAV
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Misses- Breakdown by Net Area
Net Area
# per Area
Percentage of Total
MC
80
.14"A
LHAI
30
16%
UES
5
3"/0
ALL
11
6%
WYN
OT
20
111I/0
DT
2
1%
FLC
2
1"A)
CC
2
CW
7
LHAV
7
VA
FLG CG
1‘)/0
ic)/0
DT
1% OT
11%
WYN
9%
ALL
6°/0 UES
3%
Breakdown by Net Area
LHAV
CW 4%
4%
LHAI
1 6 %
DMC
ffiLHAI
DUES
OALL
▪ WYN
DOT
E DT
OFLG
• CG
DCW I
LHAV
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I lonneide - Breakdown by Net Area
Net Area
Net area
Percentage of Total
M('
LHAI
15
14
21"A)
19"A,
HES
2
3"/0
AL
7"A•
WYN
4"0
OT
DT
FLC
CC
16
3
3
1
9
22%
4"A,
CG
1 %
F LG
4%
DT
4%
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CW
3%
Breakdown by Net Area
WYN
4%
U ES
3%
Ei MC
LHAI
oUES
oALL
EWYN I
DOT
eDT
oFLG
ECG
ECW
oLHAV
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INTERNAL AFFAIRS MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
Month of December 2010
Current Year Last Year
Dec-10 Nov-10 YTD 2010 Dec-09 Nov-09
Complaints Reported
YTD 2009
IA Division 16 16 325 31 27
374
Administrative Cases 0 0 0 , 0 0
0
_
Other Divisions 3 1 35 4 5
91
TOTAL
1736035 32
65
CIP (Received) 0 1 16 0 3,
26
1
Cases Assigned ** 0 1 16 03
23
—CIP Cases Assigned have been counted in the "Complaints Reported' total**
1 1
Complaints Reported by Rank ;
_
Police Officer 28! 19 346 30 30
___
410
.Sergeant I 2 i 0 44 6 3
54
Commanding Officer 0' 0 10 3 0
18
Public Service Aide 1
0
2 2 0
9
Detention Officer 0
0
2 N/A
N/A
N/A
Civilian 0
0
3
1
0
6
Unknown I 1
2
21
5
7
60
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Complaints Reported by Assignment
Office of the Chief
0
0
5
0
0
2
Criminal Investigations Division
0
0
13
3
1
23
Administration Division
oj
010
0
1
Field Operations Division
North District
5
2
67
8
13
120
Central District7
114
8
7
I 130
South District104
10
5
123
Specialized Operations
Section
5
4
37
2
2
29
Communications Section
0
0
2
1
0
4
Community Affairs
0
0
0
0
0
4
Unknown
0
6
3
3
23
Other
5J
2
0
0
2
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A egations Reported
Excessive Force
0
0
0
Abusive Treatment
55
7
2
58
Misconduct
4
4
54
1
6
30
False Arrest
0
3
20
0
0
0
Harassment
1
0
8
0
1
3
Negligence of
Duty
4
3
53
4
35
Improper Procedure
9
5
125
10
8
101
Discourtesy
11
7
145
16
11
200
Missing Property
0
4
32
2
4
20
Damaged Property
0
2
2
12
Non -Complaint
0
N/A
N/A
18
8
126
Bias Based Profiling
0
0
1
N/A N/A N/A
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INTERNAL AFFAIRS
Dec-1O Nov-10
YTD2010
85
1G5
9-Dec
2
14
2
O
5
5
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Q'NcwYTD2OOg _
Cleared
3
7
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1
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8
3
13
1
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_
62
233
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Substantiated
24
19
28
58
1
47
72
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Withdrawn
4
Q
1
Information Only
38
Filed /Non -Complaint
2 B Q2 19 5 139
Cases Closed:
W4 / ! / 5
11 19830 28 407
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Feb.
March
1DATE 00i' PLAINT BY NET AREAS 2010
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Ilapauah
8
1
2
4
3
5
8
4
3
3
2
1
ogonut Grove,
2
4
5
0
1
2
0
3
2
2
2
3
oral Way
2
2
2
5
3
3
4
2
3
4
2
2
owntown
8
2
5
3
3
3
4
4
5
8
0
3
laoami
3
3
1
5
1
1
3
6
4
5
0
2
uIe Haiti
2
2
0
3
0
4
5
0
2
5
2
1
the Havana
3
1
1
5
4
6
2
1
3
3
1
1
io el City
3
3
0
3
7
4
4
3
2
2
1
3
.vnrtown
4
1
5
1
3
4
2
1
3
1
1
2
pRcr Eastside
9
0
2
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
,'yjywood/E3 cwutcr
3
1
1
0
0
2
0
2
3
1
5
0
ut&idc City
3
4
5
2
2
3
4
I
1
I
1
1
43
24
29 I 31 I 28 l 38 I 36 I 28
31
36
17 I 19
Year to
December
Year to
December
Date
2010
2010
Date 2009
2009
44
1
39
2
26
3
39
3
34
2
29
5
48
3
41
5
34
2
34
2
26
1
45
3
31
1
43
1
35
3
66
4
28
2
46
1
8
0
12
2
18
0
41
2
28
1
30
5
360
19
465
35
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2009 ZOIO
Homicide 47 54
Sexual Offense 39 50
Robbery I574 S
Assau|t 2143 2Z36
Burglary 3628 3�46
Larceny I0047 1059l
Auto Theft I942 1835
Total Crimes I9470 I9465
%[hen
l596
44Yo
4�
'DY6
5�
-696
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Report Run Date: January I2'ZOlI
Disclaimer: This isanaccurate summary ofthe U[Rdata. Asithas been
confirmed by Records Unit that all Records have been entered up to Sept 30'
2010.
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City of Miami Police Department
Homicide Unit
Comparing Homicides, its, Miss
2009 to 2010 by Net and District
By Sgt. S. Diez
Updated on 12/31/10
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2009 1 lomicide - Breakdown by Distric
District
North
Central
South
# of 32A per District
21
32
13
e
Percentage of Total
32%
48%
20%
2009 lomicides - Breakdown by Net Area
Net Area
MC
# per Area
Percentage of Total
10
15%
I .I I A I
10
15%
t1 I+, S
ALL
2
3%
8
12%
W V N
6
9%
01
DT
LG
14
21%
3
5%
3
5%
CG
0
0%
CW
7
11%
LIIAV
3
5%
n total
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S
2010 Homicide - Breakdown by District
District
Number of Incidents
Percentage of Total
40°
North
29
Central
29
40%
South
15
21%
2010 Homicide -• Breakdown by Net Area
Net Area
Net area
Percentage of Total
MC
15
21%
LHAI
14
19%
UES
2
3%
ALL
5
7%
WYN
3
4%
OT
16
22%
DT
3
4%
FLG
3
4%
CG
1
1%
CW
2
3%
LHAV
9
12%
2010: 7 u ers in total
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2009 Hits - Breakdown by District
District
# of 32A per District
Percentage of Total
North
94
56%
Central
63
38%
South
11
7%
2009 I - fits - Breakdown by Net Area
Net Area
# per Area
Percentage of Total
MC
59
35%
lilAI
32
19%
U IS
5
3%
ALL
21
13%
WYN
3
2%
OT
31
18%
D'1'
7
4%
FLG
2
1%
C(:
1
1
CW
3
2%
L11AV
4
2%
6 Hits in total
et
2010 - Breakdown by District
District
# of 32A per District
Percentage of Total
North
94
57%
Central
60
37%
South
10
6%
2010 - Breakdown by Net Area
Net Area
# per Area
Percentage of Total
MC
55
34%
LHAI
.36
22
UES
4
2%
ALL
22
13%
WYN
8
5%
OT
23
14%
DT
8
5%
FLG
2
1%
CG
3
2%
CW
1
1%
LHAV
2
1%
2010:
si tal
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2009 Miss - Breakdown b District
District
# per District
Percentage of Total
North
60
59%
Central
25
25%
South
16
16%
2009 Miss - Breakdown by Net Area
Net Area
# per Area
Percentage of Total
MC
29
29%
LiIA1
25
25%
UES
6
6%
ALL
11
11%
WYN
7
7%
OT
6
6%
DT
1
1%
FLC
8
8%
CG
CW
1
1%
LIIAV
6
6%
:1 iss in total
2010 - Breakdown by District
District
# of 32A per District
Percentage of Total
61%
North
111
Central
53
29%
South
18
10%
2010 - Breakdown b Net Area
Net Area
# per Area Percenta:e of Total
MC
80 44%
LHAI
30 16%
UES
5
3%
ALL
11
6%
WYN
16
9%
OT
20
11%
DT
2
1%
FLG
2
1
CG
2
1%
CW
7
4%
LHAV
7
4%
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201 : 2 ss in total
POLICE SHOOTINGS
2008 13
2009 15
2010 10
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