Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo’s Tumultuous Tenure Appears To Be Coming To An End

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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Miami City Manager Art Noriega, who helped prosecute Art Acevedo arsenic the constabulary main six months ago, present says he’s not the close fit.

Acevedo is present retired arsenic Miami’s constabulary chief.

Noriega announced the suspension of Acevedo connected Monday night, “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.”

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.

Assistant Police Chief Manny Morales has been elevated to the interim constabulary main arsenic the metropolis searches for a imperishable replacement.

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.

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.

In an interior email obtained by CBS4, Acevedo bid farewell to the Miami constabulary force, thanking them for their warmth and service. He besides made it wide the combat isn’t implicit yet.

In the email, Acevedo issued a “promise to proceed to combat the bully combat to escaped MPD of the governmental interference from City Hall that unluckily continues to negatively interaction this organization.”

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Miami Mayor Francis Suarez volition clasp a property league Tuesday to code the suspension.