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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBack-Up DocumentsEDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT (JAG) PROGRAM FY 2018 LOCAL SOLICITATION Program Narrative- Attachment II This proposal for $316,746, submitted by the City of Miami Police Department (MPD), supports the legislative intent and operational objectives of the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program FY 2018 Local Solicitation. Funds provided by JAG will support the implementation of two projects following the guidelines of the stated purpose area: • Planning, Evaluation, and Technology Improvement Programs Over the next four years, the City of Miami Police Department will implement two new projects that will significantly improve the effectiveness our operations and our ability to protect the public's safety: ➢ LPR Surveillance Enhancement Project ➢ Traffic Enforcement Operations Project The proposed project activities are associated with the following JAG identifiers: Computer Software/Hardware, Equipment- General and License Plate Readers. The City of Miami Police Department (MPD) will purchase twenty-eight (28) License Plate Recognition (LPR) cameras, six (6) car mobility kits with LPR cameras, related accessory items (i.e. cables, power supplies, truck mounts), installation and new LPR software platform, to support the initiatives of the Vehicle Surveillance Enhancement Project. The LPR's will provide a greater depth of real-time surveillance and smart intelligence capacity to the operations of the Virtual Policing Unit (VP Unit) to optimize MPD's intelligence gathering capabilities. In addition, MPD will also allocate funds to purchase twenty-six (26) hand-held ticket writers, twenty-six (26) wireless ticket printers, accompanying accessories and warranties, E-citation software, 1 fifteen (15) laser measurement devices, and officer training, for the Traffic Enforcement Operations Project. This upgrade in technology will support the work of the Traffic Enforcement Unit's (Traffic Unit) ability to keep the streets of Miami safe for residents, visitors and officers, as well as improve the Unit's ability to provide a better quality of evidence. Technological enhancements to the Virtual Policing Unit and the Traffic Enforcement Unit will afford MPD with the resources critical to the success of combatting crime, providing a timely response and ensuring public safety, thereby enabling the Department to provide better services to City of Miami residents and visitors. Description of the Issue: A dense urban area of nearly 36 square miles, The City of Miami (the City) has a population of 463,347 and is the largest municipality in Miami -Dade County, the second-largest city in the state of Florida and the 44th most populous city in the U.S. It has a diverse population comprised of people from a multitude of places especially South America, Central America and the Caribbean. Miami consists of a 69% Hispanic, 20% African-American/Black, and 11% White Non -Hispanic population. Miami has enjoyed a resurgence in its real estate market and has been growing as a metropolitan hub for business, arts and culture, but the reality is that the median household income in Miami is $31,642, well below the national average of $55,322. Additionally, 32.3% of Miami families with children under the age of 18 were living below the poverty level compared to 16.4% nationwide per the 2010 U.S. Census. In addition, 16.6% of households have an income below $10,000 versus 7.2% nationwide, 27.6% of Miami residents live in poverty. Studies show that there is a correlation between poverty and high crime rates 2 http://www.brookings. edu/research/reports2/2016/03/31-concentrated-poverty-recession- kneebone-holmes. One of the challenges faced by the City of Miami Police Department (MPD) is the stretching of resources to meet the service demands of a growing population, spurred on by a wave of urbanization. Resources are further burdened as visitors and commuters increase the City's resident population by approximately 40%. MPD is one of the largest police departments in the country with over 1,340 sworn officers. In 2017, Miami had 55 homicides, 90 sexual batteries, 1,443 robberies, 2,401 aggravated assaults, 2,643 burglaries, 14,335 larcenies and 1,996 motor vehicle thefts for a total of 22,963 Part I crimes. To ensure the public's safety, MPD must look toward technological innovations that will allow for the efficient deployment of officers in the face of limited resources. MPD's jurisdiction is within the City of Miami's 12 Neighborhood Enhancement Teams (NET) areas, each of which are assigned a dedicated Problem -Solving Team (PST) of police officers. Presently, the VPR Unit only has enough mobile LPR cameras to equip (4) four out of the (12) twelve PST Teams working in the (12) twelve NET areas. Targeted policing strategies are further curtailed since the cameras are also being used department -wide by the Patrol Unit, where they have to answer calls to service all over the City, since they are not assigned to any specific NET area. Additionally, the present legacy LPR technology, which includes fixed location cameras positioned strategically throughout the City and police vehicle cameras, have limited coverage and capture rates. The legacy cameras are capturing inaccurate data due to the infrareds that have been burned out over time, significantly reducing image quality. Intelligence gathered from LPR data provides a significant benefit to investigations in developing valid leads to improve case clearances and has a proven track record of helping to reduce transient crimes in communities. Improving the 3 quality of the data captured by LPR technology is essential to the attainment of crime intelligence that can be used by MPD and shared with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies. Therefore, funding to implement the LPR Surveillance Enhancement Project will support the use of updated intelligence smart technology to provide real time alerting of wanted vehicles and persons of interest, entering and exiting the community, thereby providing for improved situational awareness to the police. This project will consist of a twenty-eight (28) License Plate Recognition (LPR) Cameras for mobile and stationary surveillance, six (6) Mobility LPR Camera Kits, twelve (12) Magnetic Truck Mounts, accompanying LPR camera accessories including cables, charges and power supplies, one (1) LPR Software Platform with a one-year license fee for 500 plus users, and installation Technicians. The application of this technology will significantly improve the Virtual Policing Unit's ability to execute law enforcement interdiction and surveillance operations, as well as city-wide and hotspot mobile surveillance. According to the Florida Department of Transportation's FY 2019 Highway Safety Matrix of Florida Cities, Miami ranks in the top 25% for all traffic incident categories, ranging from Speeding and Aggressive Driving to Impaired Driving. On any given month, the Traffic Enforcement Unit will give out an average of 376 speeding citations —in 2017, a total of 4,521 speeding citations were distributed. The Traffic Unit's current citation process is supported by TRACS software and requires officers to use laptops and tablets. The laptop and tablets requires the officer to remain stationary for the entire traffic stop with their attention on the computer while entering information. An officer can easily be caught off guard at a routine traffic stop by someone who decides to exit their car or if someone approaches the officer from a blind spot. When officers are called to problem intersections where there are an excess number of violators, the process of manually entering information from driver's licenses and tags, prolongs the process. There is 4 clearly an officer safety concern. In addition, the TRACS system experiences consistent technical issues, often shutting down during critical moments, such as interagency DUI saturation and checkpoint operations. TRACS does not offer 24-hour support and is instead maintained by MPD' s Information Technology (IT) Section. When the TRACS system breaks down outside of IT hours of operation, Traffic Unit officers are unable to create and print citations, severely limiting their ability to stop traffic violators and enforce traffic safety. There is an evident need for MPD' s citation system to be updated. The Traffic Enforcement Unit has been using the same speed measurement laser devices for the past 13 years --the equipment is outdated and needs to be replaced. They are essential and vital tools for the Traffic Enforcement Unit to enforce traffic safety and assist other depatliuents with their investigations. These speed laser devices are utilized in traffic homicide crime scenes, to determine the speed of the vehicles involved, the drag of the vehicle from point of impact, the skid —all different measurements crucial to providing solid evidence that will hold up in a court of law. In 2017, MPD's Traffic Homicide Unit investigated 15 cases of hit and run instances, five of which were fatalities. The devices have also been used to assist the Narcotics Team to determine whether drug offenders are in violation of distance requirements from schools and playgrounds, according to Florida Statute Section 893.13. The lasers are the most accurate tool the Traffic Unit has to capture speed violators, especially important in hot spots where officers are deployed to reduce speeding infractions. However, the long range speed detection of the current laser devices has degraded over time to approximately 200 feet, causing major officer safety issues. Before an officer will point the laser measurement device at a vehicle, the officer first has to make the visual estimation if the car is speeding, then point the laser at the vehicle, but with only a 200 ft. range capability, the officer has to wait until the vehicle is practically on top of them before they can get 5 a reading. The officer has no time to safely wave the driver down or signal the driver to slow down. There are also increasing incidents of the laser devices providing inaccurate information or not being able to provide any distance measurement or speed data at all, because of the high level of wear and tear. As MPD's leading enforcement unit, it is crucial for the Traffic Unit to be provided with the most up to date and advanced equipment to perform their duties in the most effective and efficient manner. Therefore, MPD is also requesting funding to implement the Traffic Enforcement Operations Project and allocate grant monies toward the purchase of purchase twenty-six (26) hand-held PDA ticket writers, twenty-six (26) wireless ticket printers, accompanying accessories, E-citation software, Project Management and Training for Traffic Unit Officers on the use of the PDAs and E-citation software. Additionally, fifteen (15) speed laser measurement devices will be purchased to replace outdated equipment. Three (3) percent of any award monies received, will be allocated toward achieving full compliance with the FBI's National Incident -Based Reporting System. Set aside funds will be used to streamline data reporting processes of DOJ grant -funded projects currently under implementation at MPD, that require the reporting of Part I Crime data. MPD expects its data reporting standards to be compliant in time for the NIBRS expected rollout date of January 1, 2021. If awarded, the MPD must follow City of Miami guidelines for grant award approval and contract execution. Projects valuing greater than $25,000 must be approved by resolution by the City of Miami Board of Commissioners. Once the resolution is passed, MPD will go through the City's procurement process to purchase the equipment and technology described above. The LPR Surveillance Enhancement Project and Traffic Enforcement Operations Project will be fully 6 implemented within the allotted four year grant period. As root causes of crime continue to increase in our communities and resources are overextended as the City of Miami works to meet the demands of a rapidly growing population, it is imperative for MPD to supply its officers and personnel with the necessary technological and analytical tools necessary to effectively combat crime. Project Design and Implementation The Virtual Policing Unit has been operating for approximately a year now as its own Unit, prior to that it was a detail under the Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security. The VP Unit falls under our Administration Division which has a support section that is used by all departments within MPD. The Virtual Policing Unit is responsible for running the system of 164 internal station security cameras and 133 external surveillance cameras situated throughout Miami's high crime rate areas, government buildings, and other locations where there may be a high threat level to safety. The Virtual Policing Unit is manned by (3) Officers, who also undertake the training of MPD's 1300 sworn officers on all tools and technology that are housed within the unit (i.e. ShotSpotter, license plate reader, body worn cameras). The acquisition of the new LPR technology supports the VP Unit's surveillance system which can continue to grow beyond its current camera count. MPD is actively seeking partnerships in the private sector to leverage with grant funded projects and general fund monies to increase agency capacity for smart intelligence gathering. The LPRs offer an essential, specialized type of video surveillance designed to capture numbers and letters of license plates on still or moving vehicles, even with partial tag images. Any crime or incident associated with a complete or partial tag in the Florida Crime Information Center, 7 National Crime Information Center or Florida Department of Law Enforcement hotlist database, is captured by the LPR. From flagging vehicles with suspended licenses or expired tags to identifying suspects in more egregious situations such as a quadruple homicide or terrorism, the LPRs are essential to supporting the patrol and investigative aspects of police work. Six (6) mobile LPR kits with twelve (12) magnetic truck mounts will be used for the PST Teams dedicated to working solely in their assigned NET area, to outfit six (6) PST police vehicles with two (2) LPR cameras (each camera requires a magnetic truck mount to be secured to the vehicle) and the processor required to transmit the images back to the server. As officers are driving, the LPR's will capture license plate information automatically. If a vehicle is on a hotlist the officer will receive an automatic alert. An additional twenty-eight (28) stationary LPR cameras will also be used to upgrade existing obsolete cameras on current equipment to the newer LPR camera model with a higher capture rate. Of the twenty-eight (28) LPR cameras, sixteen (16) LPRs will be retrofitted to replace legacy cameras on police district vehicles with existing mobility camera kits and each of those kits carry four (4) cameras. The district vehicles can be used by any Officer trained on the LPR, allowing department -wide access to the technology. The remaining twelve (12) LPR cameras will be used to replace legacy cameras at traffic light poles at four (4) different fixed locations. Each location will get three (3) cameras. The installation of the LPR cameras is a labor heavy endeavor that will require four (4) Technicians split between two teams. One team will be in charge of the installation and testing of the LPRs benchmarked for the police vehicles. The second team will be responsible for the installation of the fixed location LPRs. The PST Teams that will be outfitted with new mobile kits work in NET areas with the highest crime rates, to include Model City, Overtown, Little Haiti, Allapattah, Little Havana- 8 but this can change periodically as there is a shift in crime or crime trends. The fact that the LPR is mobile, will give us the ability to transfer this equipment to other PST Teams as shifts in crime trends occur, thereby increasing our ability to implement targeting policing. The other positive factor is that it will be in constant operation as it is transferrable from vehicle to vehicle. The mobile kits erase the possibility of cameras standing idle on the police car of an officer who is no longer on shift for the day. Locations for both the mobile kit LPRs and fixed location LPRs are based on our Crime View Web system, where all the CAD information from incident reports are fed into, i.e. stolen cars, shooting incidents. This information helps create internal hot lists of vehicles and persons of interest. The Virtual Policing Unit will also work with the Major or Commander of the Criminal Investigation Division to see what crimes and areas are trending. Resident feedback gathered by NET Commanders at monthly community meetings, as well as stakeholder input attained by our Neighborhood Resource Officers, will also play a role in the strategic planning process, to help us determine the NET areas where the LPRs will be the most effective. The mobile and fixed location LPRs will have improved illumination for better plate read capture and accuracy and the cameras will be powered by technology that provides infinite depth of field and sun suppression. The cameras will also operate on multiple infrared wavelengths ranging from 740nm to 950nm. The enhanced software and hardware capabilities of the new LPRs will better compensate for speed, weather, and headlight glare when capturing an image. The greater level of clarity promises a 90% capture rate —a significant increase over the 70% capture rate of the current LPR cameras. The cameras will be supported by a new LPR Software Platform with licensing for over 500 users, that is compliant with Criminal Justice Infonnation Services (CJIS) and Florida 9 Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) databases. The LPR Software Platform will capture license plates, securely manage data, and disseminate information for alerting, investigations and data sharing. All hotlist information will be held in our local agency server for FDLE compliance. The software is intuitive, meaning it can also interface with alternative LPR operating systems, and information can be safely shared among other local, state and federal law enforcement agencies thru an FDLE approved cloud. The system and data management, audit and control will all be at an agency level. The successful implementation of the LPR Surveillance Enhancement Project will enhance the capacity of the Virtual Policing Unit to assist in developing valid leads to improve case clearances, result in crime reductions in target areas and improve attainment of crime intelligence that can be shared with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies. The Traffic Enforcement Unit's (Traffic Unit) is responsible for the on road safety of the 473,000 residents, as well as visitors who increase the daytime population to approximately one (1) million people, within Miami's 36 square -mile radius. Sixteen (16) Traffic Officers and three (3) Supervisor Officers distribute an average of 14,000 citations annually with the current TRACS system that was established four (4) years ago. This is a significant decrease from the 24,000 annual citations the Traffic Unit used to distribute back when it operated with a hand-held citation device system. The Unit's ability to address a range of public safety issues, from DUIs to driver's license violation, or reckless driving has been limited because of the TRACS system. Initially, TRACS was intended to work as an intuitive system to streamline the citation process, but consistent software/hardware issues and malfunctions over the past four (4) years, have illustrated the need to upgrade the Traffic Unit's technology and also to go back to a hand-held device system. Funding allocated towards the Traffic Enforcement Operations Project will improve the overall 10 efficiency of the Traffic Unit and also enable the successful leveraging of other grant -funded projects, such as officer overtime for DUI saturation patrols and DUI checkpoints via the Florida Department of Transportations' Highway Safety Subgrant Program. For example, last year, the TRACS system shut down for the entire operation of one of the overtime DUI saturation patrols, which left Officers unable to give citations to DUI violators. Twenty-six (26) hand-held PDA ticket writers (PDAs) and twenty-six (26) wireless ticket printers will be distributed among the Traffic Unit's 18-officer team and will also accommodate additional officers that will be coming into the Unit in 2018-2019. The PDAs fit into the palm of the hand and have a built in scanner to scan driver's licenses and upload information at a much faster rate. The hand-held PDAs would allow the officers to not be fixed in a certain spot, in contrast to the current equipment that forces Traffic Officers to stay attached to the back of their police motorcycle when writing and processing tickets. The PDAs will significantly reduce the time and interactions during traffic stops. Another important feature that is also included with these devices is the new E-citation software that will allow officers to pull and write tickets from the Florida State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) even when the system is down. This is a feature that is not present with the laptop/tablets and TRACS software system. TRACS pulls ticket numbers from State of Florida DMV, which issues the ticket numbers used by MPD officers and also where written citations are uploaded. When TRACS experiences a system failure, Officers cannot write tickets. The new cloud -based E-citation software, will allow Officers to pull tickets from the system even it its offline. Once it comes back online it will automatically transfer to the County Courthouse. The E- citation software's offline functionality will eliminate the risk of Officers not being able to write traffic tickets or download new tickets from the State of Florida DMV. The software's 11 functionality will be supported by an Interface- Court Case Management System, Premier One Records Management System, Real Time Query FL ELVIS Interface and an E-Citation Rapid Extension Framework. This cloud -based software platform will use a powerful architecture that provides complete flexibility with no required changes to MPD's existing IT infrastructure. The Traffic Enforcement Unit will have full administrative functionality to manage all users, devices, business rules and fields as available through the system, without requiring outside technical support. This full functionality also means Traffic Unit Supervisors can troubleshoot system issues, and do not have to rely on MPDs IT Section if any malfunctions happen outside of IT hours of operations. Additionally, the integration of the E-citation software with the PDAs also eliminates the need for hand-written citations that have to be re-entered into the court or public safety records management systems. Traffic officers can easily enter citation information in a mobile device, which is automatically uploaded into any system as defined by our agency and can be printed from the wireless ticket printers. The E-Citation software is also approved to interface with. the State of Florida's Electronic License and Vehicle Information System (ELVIS). This portal provides access for Florida law enforcement to run Driver License, Criminal History, and other queries through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE). The Traffic Enforcement Unit can customize the software with any desired query fields and configure it to the Unit's process flow. To ensure proper implementation of the hand-held PDA ticket writers and E-Citation software, funding will also support a 2- day Train the Trainer Course for fifteen (15) Traffic Enforcement Unit Officers before project rollout. Further, one (1) Lieutenant, three (3) Sergeants and one (1) Officer, DUI Coordinator will receive additional training on the back -end features and administrative capabilities of the E-Citation Software. Project Management will include 12 coordination of the training, as well as the overall coordination between the selected vendor (to be determined during procurement process) and MPD for the integration of the new system Speeding is one of the main causes of traffic accidents, contributing to 28 percent of all fatal crashes and a staggering annual cost of $40.4 billion in the United States, according to the NHTSA. The majority of complaints received by NET commanders from residents and stakeholders during community meetings are centered in traffic violations, especially speeding. Therefore, the Traffic Enforcement Unit will also equip its team with fifteen (15) speed laser measurement devices (laser measurement devices) to replace 13- year old legacy equipment. The new laser devices will have pinpoint targeting, which is the only effective way to enforce speeds within multilane traffic. The pinpoint targeting is functional within 1000 feet of a moving vehicle, making it possible for officers to visually identify a speeding vehicle, pinpoint its exact location on the roadway, and then confirm its precise speed from a safe distance. The laser measurement devices have the ability to give Officers split-second measurements, thwarting drivers who use radar and LIDAR detectors to evade getting a speeding violation. Even if a LIDAR detector alarms the driver, the laser measurement devices can capture a reading within 0.3 seconds, so by the time a detector recognizes the laser measurement device's signal, the Officer will already have a speed- reading on the vehicle. The laser measurement devices are supported with fiinuware, which ensures the accuracy of every speed measurement before it even displays reading in the device. This firmware also ensure the accuracy of distance readings when the device is used in the investigation of traffic homicides and narcotics busts, providing air -tight evidence in court cases. With these improved capabilities, MPD will be better prepared to respond to the needs of a growing urban metropolis. Enhancements to the processes of the Virtual Policing Unit and the 13 Traffic Enforcement Unit will allow MPD to improve the response to current crime trends and maintain the safety of all who live, play and work in Miami. Capabilities and Competencies City of Miami Police Department strategic planning/coordination efforts are supported by a vast network of relationships with local, state and federal criminal/juvenile justice agencies, identified as follows: ➢ Office of the State Attorney for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida (SAO) & Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE): MPD has a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the SAO and FDLE for the predicate events that will initiate investigative and forensic involvement, assistance or coordination by FDLE, such as the shooting of a person by a MPD law enforcement officer acting in the line of duty. ➢ Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF): An MOU establishes a joint cooperative effort between MPD and the ATF for the ATF's Firearms, Interdiction, Reduction and Enforcement Strike Force, referred to as FIRE. Another MOU establishes that joint operation/task force: ATF Task Force, whereas MPD shall assign officers to assist ATF in investigations of Federal, state and local laws on a dedicated basis. ➢ Miami -Dade County and City of Miami A Mutual Aid Agreement for the North -End Street Violence Task Force was established between the government of Miami -Dade County and the City of Miami to ensure public safety of their citizens by providing adequate levels of police services. ➢ Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE): MPD and FDLE have a Factual Analysis Criminal Threat Solution Agency Agreement governing the involvement and responsibilities for the use of dissemination of information transmitted to or retrieved from the system. MPD and FDLE also have a Voluntary Mutual Aid Agreement that establishes a South Florida Child Abduction Response Team. MPD also works with FDLE as part of a multi -agency Electronic Surveillance Support Team. 14 Plan for Collecting the Data required for this Solicitation's Performance Measures The City of Miami Police Depai liiient will manage and track the acquisition and implementation of all technology projects within the purpose area of "Planning, Evaluation and Technology programs." Performance measurement data will be stated in quarterly accountability metrics reports which will be submitted through the Bureau of Justice Assistance Performance Measurement Tool (PMT). Per BJA PMT guidelines, MPD will create reports ready for the Grants Management System (GMS). The implementation of the LPR Surveillance Enhancement Project and Traffic Enforcement Operations Project will be used in the CompStat process and increase MPD's ability to analyze, disseminate and utilize crime data to improve over current operations. 15 Budget Summary Note: Any errors detected on this page should be fixed on the corresponding Budget Detail tab. Year 1 Year 2 (if needed) Year 3 (if needed) Year 4 (if needed) Year 5 (if needed) A. Personnel so so $0 $0 $o so $o $o $0 $o $0 B. FringeBenefits C. Travel $ $0 $o so so $o so $o so $ so $o $o D. Equipment $298,840 $P $0 ..... so $ so $298,840 E. Supplies so $0 so so $o so so $o so $0 $o F. Construction $i $i $ +$ So $0 G. Subawards (Subgrants) so $0 $0 $0 so so $o so $o $o so E3 Procurement Contracts:; o "$7,491 I. Other $10,415 $o $0 so so so $o so so $o $10,415 Total DireciCosts $ l0 0;' $i $i <�F 316,74i J. Indirect Costs $0 so $o $o $o so So $o $o $o $0 Total Prgiecttb$C <4 2Qi 14 $0 43. Ddesthis ludgetcoritam cqr fetence costs hrcli syr)ffnediVraadly include; etfiigstreats, s C,nmars;,symposra and;training activities? -Y N 1 Saunlett, Joy From: Gibson, Tymekia Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 5:45 PM To: Blanco, Jorge Subject: Update -JAG 2018 Grant Good Afternoon, Please note that after completing a budget analysis on the JAG 2018, MPD will need additional funding for the following categories 1) maintenance cost fee, 2) annual fee, 3) training, and 4) project management fee to complete the JAG 2018 project. In addition, the JAG local grant does not require a match and funding will need to be budget over a three years period, except for the training & project mgmt. fees which should be budgeted for 1 year. Thanks. # Items- Categories Qty. Total (Over 3 years) 1 Maintenance per year @$6,074 $18,222.00 2 Annual Fee per year @ $7,875 $23,625.00 3 Training $810.50 $810.50 only for (1) year 4 Brazos Project Mgmt. $810.50 $810.50 only for (1) year Total: $43,468.00 Tymekia Gibson, MPA Contract Compliance Analyst -Grants Coordinator City of Miami-MPD Budget 400 NW 2nd Avenue Miami, Florida 33128 Phone: 305-603-6142 Email:Tymekia.Gibson@miami-police.org 1