News: Wild West Back East
Miami Beach City Manager Jorge Gonzalez wanted residents to think they had more than enough police officers on the force to deal with crime on the beach, and he cited the FBI Uniform Crime Report...
View ArticleNews: Notes on South Beach
Breakfast Meeting David’s Cafe January 31, 2012 8:30 am By David Arthur Walters David Kelsey moderated the Tuesday morning breakfast meeting, attended by 60 people from the community including city...
View ArticleNews: An Appearance of Impropriety
We are committed to providing excellent public service and safety to all who live, work and play in our vibrant, tropical, historic community. City of Miami Beach Mission Statement The situation at the...
View ArticleCover Story: POLICE PRESENCE
An Update on Community Policing. Is It Working? The Miami Beach Police Department recently responded to a public clamor for better service with a sector policing plan presented by Chief Raymond...
View ArticleNews: Why Should I Help You?
Is god the bum at the bottom of being who got everything for nothing? Before I returned to South Beach, my Florida contacts warned me not to move onto the “bad end” of South Beach. “Oh, don’t worry,” I...
View ArticleCommentary: The Fabulous Gay Minority of Hawaii
Honolulu, November 1998 Polenapa’a ‘iaihoke aloha ikuleana like aikaua. (In love tightly bound, you and I share equal rights.) Many of Hawaii’s voters were confused in 1998 by the political...
View ArticleNews: Internal Affairs and Public Corruption
An Internal Affairs/Public Corruption Unit of the City of Miami Beach Police Department is Being Tested for Eventual Approval. The Miami Beach Police Department is responding to the public perception...
View ArticleCommentary: Crawl Space
Everybody Needs Some Space I encountered a nicely dressed couple from Europe at the beautiful new Miami Beach library on 22nd Street. I was typing a chapter of my novel on the 15-minute guest computer....
View ArticleNews: Crime on Miami Beach
SPECIAL MIAMI BEACH POLICE UNIT HAS ITS HANDS FULL. If we don’t expect police activities and police departments to have an impact on crime, disorder, and fear, they almost certainly won’t. (William J....
View ArticleNews: South Pointe Park Thief on the Loose
Thieves have field days on the wonderful beaches of Miami Beach. Pickings are especially good for them lately at the elegant South Pointe Park in South Beach, where I take a walk almost every Sunday...
View ArticleNews: Take A Sign
Don’t Be Stupid In Paradise. I received several suggestions from City Attorney Jose Smith subsequent to the publication of my article about purse snatchings and other thefts in South Beach’s South...
View ArticleNews: A Sign of Customer Service
Going Beyond Expectations at the City of Miami Beach. The temporary sign at city hall beckoned me to celebrate Customer Service Week. That was just what I intended to do as I approached the...
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