Hialeah Police Department

Hialeah Police Department
Abbreviation HPD
Agency overview
Formed 1925
Annual budget 38.8 Million
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction* City of Hialeah in the state of Florida, USA
Map of Hialeah Police Department's jurisdiction.
Size 23 square miles (60 km2)
Population 217,141 (2006)
General nature
Operational structure
Headquarters 5555 E. 8 Avenue, Hialeah, FL
Police Officers 300
Civilians 150
Agency executive Sergio Velazquez, Chief of Police
Sectorss 5
Website
Hialeah Police Department
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

The Hialeah Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency serving the City of Hialeah, Florida. Their jurisdiction lies within the actual city limits of Hialeah, but have mutual aid agreements with neighboring police departments, most importantly the county-wide Miami-Dade Police Department.

As of 2010, the Hialeah Police Department is the 89th largest Police Department in the United States[1]

The current Chief of Police is Chief Sergio Velazquez.

Demographics

Breakdown of the makeup of the rank and file of the Hialeah Police Department[2]

Organization

The Chief of Police leads the Hialeah Police Department. The Chief of Police manages the department with the assistance of three Majors responsible for the following Divisions:

Uniform Patrol Division

The Uniform Patrol Division is overseen by Uniform Patrol Division Major Manuel Rodriguez. There are six (6) Patrol Districts each overseen by a District Commander. As of March 2013, the Districts are overseen by the following Commanders:

The Crime Suppression Section

The Crime Suppression Section is overseen by Commander Ernesto Gutierrez and consists of the following units:

Criminal Investigations Division

The Criminal Investigations Division (CID) is overseen by Major Hubert Ruiz. The Division consists of four (4) Sections, each supervised by their respective section Lieutenants:

The Crimes Persons Section
The Crimes Property Section
The Family & Juvenile Section
The Special Investigations Section (SIS)

The Professional Compliance Bureau, Support Services and Training Division

This Section is overseen by Major George Funete and consists of the following entities:

Ranks and insignia

Hialeah Police Department sworn personnel with the rank of Officer wear a silver badge on their uniform. Detectives wear gold badges. Officers assigned as Detectives wear gold badges while performing Detective duties, however they must wear their silver Officer badge whenever in full uniform. The ranks of Sergeant through Chief of Police wear gold badges. Rank insignia for 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.

Title Insignia
Chief of Police
Deputy Chief
Major
Commander
Captain
Lieutenant
Sergeant
Police Officer

Officers killed in the line of duty

Since the establishment of the Hialeah Police Department, three officers have died in the line of duty.[3]

Officer Date of Death Details
Officer Hugo Becker
Saturday, June 25, 1966
 Automobile Accident
Officer Emilio Miyares
Thursday, November 6, 1986
 Gunfire
Sergeant Pedro Cainas
Thursday, November 19, 1992
 Gunfire

Awards, medals and ribbons

The Hialeah Police Department recognizes its members through commendations and subsequent medals and / or ribbons where merited. The Gold Medal of Valor and Silver Medal of Valor are worn under the police badge on a police uniform. Awarded ribbons are worn over the name plate of the right breast. The following is a list of the medals / ribbons:

An outstanding act in the line of duty that places an officers life in imminent hazard and the officer has full knowledge of the risk involved. Actions taken above and beyond the call of duty. May be awarded to all officers killed in the line of duty.

An individual act, showing personal valor, where the officer places himself at imminent personal risk, usually involving an armed adversary.

An award recognizing an officers involvement in combat with an armed adversary, where the officer acts in a credible manner.

An award recognizing a wound inflicted intentionally on an officer, by an armed adversary.

A highly commendable accomplishment under adverse conditions with some degree of hazard to the officer or where death or injury to a third party is prevented.

An act performed in the line of duty which through disregard of personal safety or prompt or alert action, results in saving a life.

A creditable act in the line of duty which meets some but not all of the requirements of the other awards. It is unusual in nature, showing initiative and accomplishment.

Self-explanatory.

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An award recognizing the introduction of a new method., procedure, policy, technique or device which is adopted for use by the Department which improves administrative procedures.

An award recognizing the development of a new Training Program or technique, or the significant improvement of an existing one which adopted for use by the Department.

An award recognizing an employee who has created, developed or significantly improved Technical Support Programs within the Department. To include contributions of a technical nature that would normally have required the Department to seek outside assistance.

An award recognizing s Supervisor who consistently exhibits outstanding leadership and managerial qualities: to include all supervisory ranks and classifications of both sworn and non-sworn personnel.

An award recognizing four years of faithful and diligent service to the Department. To be eligible, an officer must have received no more than one written reprimand and no suspensions during a four-year period.

A service award recognizing an officers tactical deployment outside the City limits, providing support to another Law Enforcement Agency, under the Mutual Aid Pact. To be eligible, an officer's deployment must be in excess of 1/2 of a shift.

A service award recognizing Departmental personnel who serve during a time of Crisis or Disaster, officially declared by the Chief of Police.

All Departmental members who have served in one of the United States Military Services and who received an Honorable Discharge are entitled to wear this ribbon with their Departmental Awards.

All Departmental members who have achieved a degree from an Accredited College and / or University.


The Gold Medal of Valor

Previous Gold Medal of Valor recipients

The Silver Medal of Valor

Previous Silver Medal of Valor recipients

References

  1. ↑ Law Enforcement Officers Per Capita for Cities, Local Departments
  2. ↑ Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics, 2000: Data for Individual State and Local Agencies with 100 or More Officers
  3. ↑ "The Officer Down Memorial Page".

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