The Miami Gardens Police Department or MGPD, often referred to as the City of Miami Gardens Police, is the chief
police department
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of the
U.S.
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city of
Miami Gardens, Florida
Miami Gardens is a city in north-central Miami-Dade County, Florida. It is located north of Downtown Miami with city boundaries that stretch from I-95 and Northeast 2nd Avenue to its east to Northwest 47th and Northwest 57th Avenues to its west ...
. Its headquarters located at 18601 NW 27th Ave, Miami Gardens, Florida.
There is one patrolling district and seven neighborhoods for which the following districts are responsible:
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Andover
Andover may refer to:
Places Australia
* Andover, Tasmania
Canada
* Andover Parish, New Brunswick
* Perth-Andover, New Brunswick
United Kingdom
* Andover, Hampshire, England
** RAF Andover, a former Royal Air Force station
United States
* Ando ...
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Bunche Park
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Carol City
Carol City is a neighborhood in Miami Gardens, Florida, United States. The population was 61,233 at the 2010 census. It was formerly a census-designated place.
History
Julius Gaines, the developer, had originally planned to name it Coral City. Ho ...
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Lake Lucerne
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Lake Lucerne (german: Vierwaldstättersee, literally "Lake of the four forested settlements" (in English usually translated as ''forest cantons''), french: lac des Quatre-Cantons, it, lago dei Quattro Cantoni) is a lake in central ...
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Norland, Florida
Norland, also known as Norwood, is a former census-designated place located in northern Miami-Dade County, Florida. The population was 22,995 at the 2000 census. The latest estimated population stands at 23,500. In 2003 the majority of this CDP wa ...
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Opa-Locka North
Opa-locka North is a neighborhood in Miami Gardens, Florida, United States. It was formerly a census-designated place. The population was 6,224 at the 2000 census.
Geography
Opa-locka North is located at (25.921121, -80.262795).
According to th ...
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Scott Lake
The department also patrols
Hard Rock Stadium
Hard Rock Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Miami Gardens, Florida. The stadium is the home field for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL) and the Miami Hurricanes, the University of Miami's NCAA Division I college ...
, and the
Calder Casino & Race Track.
In 2013, serious allegations of civil rights abuses and sweeping misconduct were made against the department. The podcast “This American Life” covered these allegations in-depth in their episode “Cops See it Different: Part 2”
Chiefs of Police
*Matthew Boyd 2007-December 2013
**Paul Miller (acting) December 2013-May 2014
*Stephen Johnson May 2014-February 2015
**Antonio Brooklen (acting) February 2015-November 2015
*Antonio Brooklen November 2015-October 1, 2016
**Cynthia Machanic (acting) October 1, 2016-May 1, 2017
* Delma Noel-Pratt May 1, 2017-present
References
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