‘Trying To Save His Own Job’: South Florida Film Director Billy Corben On Miami City Manager Asking Chief Art Acevedo For Action Plan

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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Miami’s metropolis manager has asked embattled Police Chief Art Acevedo for an action plan. It was owed by the adjacent of concern connected Monday.

The 57-year-old Acevedo was the taxable of 2 stormy meetings astatine metropolis hallway past week aft disapproval that helium had said 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.

And past Friday, City Commissioner Joe Carollo said helium had heard that Acevedo was readying to person him and 2 different commissioners arrested for retaliation. The City Manager Arthur Noriega said that was not going to happen.

In a memo sent to the main past Thursday Noriega said, “I americium acrophobic astir the operational readiness of the Miami Police Department… I judge you deficiency definite sensitivity grooming and taste consciousness successful respect to this assemblage and items residents.”

Noriega requested the chief’s plans for reforms to policing, a imaginativeness of management, improving serviceman morale, interacting with the media and repairing relations with elected officials.

Miami City Commissioner Ken Russell told CBS4’s Peter D’Oench, “I americium gladsome to spot the metropolis manager is taking a precise pro-active relation successful creating a metric to measurement the Chief. This is criteria nether which helium is expected to perform. There is thing determination that is being asked that is unreasonable. This is excessively important to the metropolis and the constabulary department. The metropolis committee tin occurrence the metropolis manager truthful the metropolis manager is nether a batch of unit to execute successful his duties successful managing his squad and the chief.”

He said the taxable of the constabulary main could travel up astatine the metropolis committee gathering adjacent Thursday. It is not known if the main was capable to taxable his program by the extremity of the day. CBS4 reached retired to the metropolis manager but did not perceive back.

Meanwhile, Miami movie manager Billy Corben, who has followed metropolis politics, said the metropolis manager “was trying to screen his butt” aft hiring Acevedo.

“He is trying to prevention his ain occupation due to the fact that helium failed to bash his owed diligence successful hiring him.” Corben said.

Russell said that was not a just statement.

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Corben added, “The authorities unopen down past week erstwhile they spent days connected extremity successful a kangaroo tribunal attempting to assassinate the quality of this constabulary chief. What is the problem? Have we heard a azygous morganatic grievance astir his show present successful Miami? The antheral has been present for 5 months. He has already reported the constabulary section to the Justice Department.”