A selection committee helping to pick the next Hialeah police chief has narrowed the list down to six candidates and will interview each of them Wednesday before providing a shortlist of three to Mayor Esteban Bovo. The finalists from the 33 applicants from as far away as Alaska who qualified for the job are: Biscayne […]
Developing story: Hialeah Police officers have been told to wear gloves and N95 masks while working in the city, even in the stations and office, to protect themselves from COVID19 — only the masks expired in 2013. But don’t worry, they might still work against the coronavirus. And it’s better than nothing. Photos received by Ladra […]
DEVELOPING STORY: Two months into the fiscal year, after approving what Hialeah Mayor Carlos Hernandez promised was a balanced budget, the City of Retrogress announced this week that the city is actually facing a $28 million shortfall and may have to lay off dozens of police officers. Hernandez blamed the “unsustainable” union benefits as the […]
Former Hialeah Police Officer Ricky Garcia was excited about running for council in the city where he had lived and worked for nearly three decades. But but before he could qualify Monday morning, Garcia died of a massive heart attack. Julio Rodriguez, who qualified to run against Council Vice President Luis Gonzalez and had hoped to […]
Imagine a government that not only encourages thugs to intimidate and harass, even batter, critics but then uses their investigative branch to humiliate the victims and cover up the corruption and crime. Sounds like Cuba. But this place is farther north. It’s Hialeah, where newly-elected Mayor Carlos Hernandez continues to abuse his power and those […]