After the Miami Police Department (MPD) Chief Art Acevedo was ousted last October, the new interim chief, Manny Morales, seemed to represent everything his predecessor was not. Unlike Acevedo, a California import via Lone Star State, Morales is an insider, part of the old guard … Read More

Update published 10/12/2021 18:30: Following the publication of this story, Miami Police Department (MPD) emailed Captain Javier Ortiz New Times requests a correction. “Your article, published today entitled ‘Javier’ Bill Schahwartzman, ‘Ortiz seeks whistleblower protection,’ is misleading and untrue,” Ortiz wrote. never said I sent … Read More