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Miami River Cops
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Miami River Cops
James Camilleri
ALPS Class 24
JUNE 11 2018
Overview
"The Drug Rip-Off Gone Bad"
Biggest case of corruption in Miami Police Department history.
OVERVIEW
Drug dealers on the Miami river believed it was an average police raid. The suspects began jumping overboard when they realized otherwise. "Kill 'em".
Officers not intersted in dealers or arrests.
Interested in the 350 kilos of cocaine with $9 Million street value.
"The Enterprise"
- The cops called themselves the enterprise
- Known as the "most notorious gang of cops to ever don a badge"
"The Enterprise"
Ethics
- Abused Power
- Murder
- Extortion
- Robbery
ETHICS
After The Crime
THE CRIME
Following the river incident, three men were found floating in the river, with designer clothes, guns in thier waistbands, and large bills in their pockets. The rest made it to shore.
The Investigation
Investigation
Suspicions
Suspicions
- Police Impersonators
- common occurance
- over the counter police gear
- Determined it was real police officers who comitted the robberies and murders.
Investigation
INVESTIGATION
- Suspicions ruled out
- Internal investigation launched
- Within first month, 10 officers being investigated
- By the end of the year, 5 offficers were arrested.
Conclusion
Conclusion
- Over 100 officers arrested, suspended, or fired
- coercion, corruption, cocaine rip-offs
- 20 officers convicted and sent to prison
- As a whole, all officers are now out of prison
The Aftermath
AFTERMATH
Causes
- Large amount of violent crimes occurring
- Miami Police went on a "hiring spree"
- Miami only
- Lowered standards for candidates
- Many of the new officers hired in large quantities were formerly convicted criminals
- Some even convicted of execution style murders
Effect
Effects
- Miami expanded police candidate search
- Rodolfo "Rudy" Arias
- Honored for "Officer Of The Month"
- Witness protection program
- Armando "Scarface" Garcia
- FBI's Most Wanted
- Apprehended in Colombia
- Ricardo Aleman
- Released in 1992
- Sent back to prison for robbing four banks
- All other suspects released in the 1990s
Media
MEDIA
https://youtu.be/_XDiyvOR_SI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nO5NHu8nRc
Bibliography
BIBLIOGRAPHY
http://www.miamibeach411.com/news/miami-river-cops
http://articles.latimes.com/1987-01-07/news/mn-2488_1_miami-river