Miami Police Department

The Miami Police Department or MPD, often referred to as the City of Miami Police, is the chief police department of the U.S. city of Miami, Florida. Their jurisdiction lies within the actual city limits of Miami, but have mutual aid agreements with neighboring police departments. The current Acting Chief of Police is Acting Chief Manuel Orosa. City of Miami police are distinguishable from their Miami-Dade counterparts by their blue uniforms and blue-and-white patrol vehicles.

There are three patrolling districts and eleven neighborhoods for which the following districts are responsible:

North District

• Liberty City
• Little Haiti
• Upper Eastside

Central District

• Allapattah
• Overtown
• Wynwood/Edgewater
• Downtown Miami

South District

• Flagami
• Little Havana
• Coral Way
• Coconut Grove

Demographics

Breakdown of the makeup of the rank and file of MPD ^[1]:

• Male: 82%
• Female: 18%
• Hispanic: 54%
• African-American/Black: 27%
• White: 19%

Ranks and Insignia

Rank insignia for Senior Patrol Officer, Sergeant and Senior Patrol Sergeant is worn on the upper sleeves below the shoulder patch while rank insignia for Lieutenant through Chief is worn on the collars of the shirt.

Officers killed in line of duty

Since the establishment of the Miami Police Department, 36 officers have died in the line of duty.^[2]

See also

• List of law enforcement agencies in Florida
• List of U.S. state and local law enforcement agencies

References

1. ^ Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics, 2000: Data for Individual State and Local Agencies with 100 or More Officers
2. ^ "The Officer Down Memorial Page". http://www.odmp.org/agency/2647-multnomah-county-sheriffs-office-oregon. 

External links

• Miami Police Department (official website)