Here's what led to Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo's suspension after 6 months on the job.
arrived on the job six months ago, hailed by many as a nationally distinguished leader in law enforcement.
“While it is clear that Chief Acevedo has the qualifications and the experience to be an effective chief of police, it is also obvious that his personality and leadership style are incompatible with the structure of our city’s government,” Suarez told reporters as he announced support for Miami City Manager Art Noriega, who made the decision to suspend Acevedo and recommend that the City Commission terminate him.
And he was an outspoken critic of former President Donald Trump, even though he is a Republican himself.Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo keeps watch at a protest in front of the Versailles in Miami on July 11.Acevedo clashed with powerful Miami City commissioners who were annoyed by his unexpected appointment by Noriega.
In the letter to Suarez and Noriega, Acevedo wrote that were he or the police department to “give in to the improper actions described herein, as a Cuban immigrant, I and my family might as well have remained in communist Cuba, because Miami and MPD would be no better than the repressive regime and the police state we left behind.”
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