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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Miami City Manager Art Noriega has announced the suspension of Police Chief Art Acevedo “with the intent to terminate his employment.”
In a statement, Noriega said “the narration betwixt the Chief and the enactment has go untenable and needed to beryllium resolved promptly.”
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According to Noriega, the narration betwixt Acevedo and the Miami Police Department has “deteriorated beyond repair.”
“Relationships betwixt employers and employees travel down to acceptable and enactment benignant and unfortunately, Chief Acevedo is not the close acceptable for this organization,” Noriega wrote.
As a effect of Acevedo’s suspension, Assistant Police Chief Manny Morales has been elevated to interim constabulary main arsenic the metropolis searches for a imperishable replacement.
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The announcement comes little than a week aft Noriega had received and reviewed an action plan helium requested from Acevedo.
Chief Acevedo acknowledged he’s ruffled a fewer feathers, but added helium was adjusting his benignant – a benignant helium said was thoroughly discussed anterior to being hired.
The 57-year-old Acevedo was the subject of 2 stormy meetings astatine metropolis hallway aft disapproval that helium had said the constabulary section was tally by the “Cuban mafia,” that helium had demoted respective constabulary officers and supervisors and that helium had done a arguable Elvis Presley impersonation during a fundraiser.
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