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Miami-Dade Police Department
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office.
The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office (MDSO), formerly Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD), is a law enforcement agency serving Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The MDSO is the largest sheriff's office in the southeastern United States and operates out of eight district stations throughout Miami-Dade County. The agency's three main responsibilities are to provide municipal police services within Miami-Dade County, courthouse security, and police operations at the Port of Miami and Miami International Airport. In addition to providing municipal police services to the unincorporated communities within Miami-Dade County, it has contractual arrangements to provide police services for three of the 34 independent cities within Miami-Dade County.