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Ceremony To Honor Officers Killed In The Line Of Duty

Law enforcement officers from all over South Florida will gather Thursday night at Tropical Park for the 32nd annual Miami-Dade Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Ceremony.

2013/05/02

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CBS4 Investigates: Fmr. MDPD Director On Firing “Delinquent” Cops

In his final act as Miami Dade Police Director, James Loftus summoned Sgt. Jennifer Gonzalez and police officers Dario Socarras and Jose Huerta to his office. One at a time he met with them. And each conversation ended with Loftus delivering the same message: “You’re fired.”

CBS4–2013/02/05

J.D. Patterson Jr. took the oath of office Friday as MDPD's new police director. (Source: Miami-Dade Police)

Miami-Dade County Police Director Sworn In

Miami-Dade County officially welcomed a new police director to lead the Miami-Dade Police Department Tuesday morning.

CBS Miami–2013/02/05

J.D. Patterson Jr. took the oath of office Friday as MDPD's new police director. (Source: Miami-Dade Police)

County Names Patterson Police Director

Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez announced the hiring of J.D. Patterson, Jr. to lead the Miami-Dade Police Department Friday morning.

CBS Miami–2013/02/01

Mayor Carlos Gimenez

M-D Police Director Finalists Narrowed Down To Six

County Mayor Carlos Gimenez has narrowed the candidates for the next director of the Miami-Dade Police Department down to six.

CBS4–2013/01/19

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Loftus Ends Career Honoring Officers And Firefighters

Miami-Dade Police Department director James Loftus spent part of his final day on the job honoring Miami-Dade firefighters who saved one of his officers’ lives. It was a fitting end to a nearly 30 year career with MDPD.

CBS Miami–2012/08/17

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Miami-Dade Police Department’s Top Cop Retiring

James Loftus, a 26-year veteran of the department, is retiring effective October 1st.

CBS Miami–2012/08/16

Miami-Dade police officers injured in the line of duty joined Police Chief James Loftus and doctors and nurses at Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital at a reunion between injured officers and caregivers who saved their lives. (CBS4)

Officers Injured On The Job Thank Caregivers At JMH

South Florida police officers who have been wounded in the line of duty were reunited Tuesday with the people who helped save their lives.

CBS4–2012/06/26

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Loftus Discusses Next Steps After Dade County Pink Slips Issued

The director of the Miami-Dade Police Department spoke Saturday afternoon discussing the next steps the department will take after hundreds of Miami-Dade county employees received pink slips one day ago.

CBS4–2012/01/14

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13 Remain On Miami Beach Police Chief Candidate List

The list of potential contenders to be the next Miami Beach police chief has been whittled down to about a dozen or so.

CBS4–2011/12/22

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