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OCTOBER 10, 2016 PART I - CITY AUDIT OF POLICE OFF-DUTY PROGRAM UNCOVERS SERIOUS PROBLEMS

OCTOBER 18, 2016 PART II - BLACK OFFICERS UNHAPPY WITH THE CHIEF

OCTOBER 19, 2016 PART III - 9 REVOLVERS MISSING FROM MPD PROPERTY ROOM

OCTOBER 20, 2016 PART IV - WHILE THE CHIEF PARTIED, THE DEPARTMENT WAS CRUMBLING AROUND HIM

OCTOBER 21, 2016 PART V - WHO YOU GONNA CALL

OCTOBER 31, 2016 PART VI - MIAMI'S POLICE CHIEF AND CITY MANAGER NEED TO BE FIRED OVER DESTROYED EVIDENCE

OCTOBER 31, 2016 PART VII - HOMELESS CAMP OUT AT ENTRANCE TO MPD PROPERTY AREA

NOVEMBER 4, 2016 PART VIII - THE SO-CALLED CALEA AUDIT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TURNED OUT TO BE CRAP

NOVEMBER 7, 2016 PART IX - TOLLS, WHAT TOLLS? WE DON'T PAY NO STINK'EN TOLLS

In December of 2014, after the charade of a national search was carried out, Miami City Manager Danny Alfonso appointed Rudy Llanes, a 27 year veteran of the department to become the new Chief of Police. Llanes was appointed to be a caretaker Chief who at the time had less than 2 years before retirement. In July of 2016, Alfonso extended Llanes's contract by a year to coincide with the end of the term of Mayor Tomas Regalado, and most likely Alfonso, who has made enemies among the member of the Commission.

Because Llanes was appointed to be a caretaker, he did what caretakers do: he kept a low profile, didn't make any decisions that would rock the boat, and counted the days until he could cash in his various benefits and do whatever retired police chief's do.

Unfortunately, the Miami Police Department has been mismanaged for so long, and the resulting problems so severe, that Llanes's decision to lay low and not rock the boat has come to bite him, the department, and the City of Miami in the ass.

This series of stories - which is still a work in progress, details a series of problems that include a poorly managed Off-Duty Office, 9 missing revolvers from the Property Room, a shipping container that was used to house evidence for the Homicide Division that was so damaged by the elements that evidence in as many as 564 case was damaged and/or destroyed, and worst of all, the story of what happened once I started digging into this mess, and the layers of coverup that I am still peeling away like an onion.

This is not a pretty story, and it's been made all the worse by the lies and outright efforts to mislead the public and the City Commission.

NOVEMBER 7, 2016 PART X - SECRET VIDEO OF MPD PROPERTY AREA UNDER I-95