Coral Gables City Attorney Craig Leen told Commissioners late Tuesday that the city has to have one police chief, not two, as proposed by the city manager in her planned realignment of the police department. Leen issued the opinion after Mayor Jim Cason asked if the city charter required the appointment of one chief. Indeed, […]
Coral Gables Police Chief Ed Hudak and City Commissioner Vince Lago were the subjects of a secret internal investigation conducted by the former chief last year. An audit of the Coral Gables Police Department’s internal affairs cases in the last several years shows that there was at least one unauthorized, rogue investigation into then-Major Hudak and his […]
Coral Gables City Manager Cathy Swanson-Rivenbark is about to announce a restructuring of the city’s police department in a move that makes her longtime confidant and brand new assistant city manager the top cop. Frank Fernandez, a retired Miami Police officer who Swanson tapped as her chief and public safety director in Hollywood, followed Swanson’s […]