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What about Ralph Suarez great guy been passed over to many times now your shot Ralph you will shine.

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No, Commissioner Barbara Jordan should demand that current MDPD Director, J. D. Patterson lead MGPD. Whom better?

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Would a white guy ever have a chance?

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Secret sexual harassment complaints resurface in Miami Gardens after chief's sex-for-hire arrest

In the city of drive-by-shootings and scandals, a new police chief is wanted


Author: Andrea Torres, Local10.com Reporter, atorres@local10.com

Published On: 46 m Updated 28 m
In the world of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity, Interim Chief Antonio Brooklen, right, City Manager Cameron Benson, center, and Miami Gardens Mayor Oliver G. Gilbert III, left, are fraternity brothers. And all three have faced sexual harassment accusations during their careers.

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -
No police department wants to have sexual harassment secrets exposed, after the chief's sex-for-hire arrest. Especially when the chief was dealing with an officer who killed a mentally ill man, while repairing policies that lead to alleged civil rights violations. But that has all recently happened to Miami Gardens police.

The Broward Sheriff's Office caught police chief Stephen Johnson, after he responded to a BackPage.com prostitution ad Friday night. Johnson, 53, was lusting over a $100, 30 minute threesome at a Dania Beach hotel, police said. He said Saturday "the stress" of the job -- which he started in May -- had already "overwhelmed" him.

Some Miami Gardens police officers said Monday that they were even more stunned when they heard Antonio Brooklen was the new interim chief. One warned: "They better get a real chief in here quick." Another officer said "I'm f*&^ outta here." And a detective said, "Sayonara. Tired of it." BSO was getting job applications.




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"It would be wrong anywhere to hear that your boss was arrested for prostitution and that the guy who is replacing him has a history of sexual harassment," a Miami Gardens police officer told Local 10 News. "But this is a police department! Are these people for real?"

A few years ago, former crime scene technician accused the now interim chief of sexual harassment. But during the 2012 investigation, police found texts messages related to marijuana in the accuser's phone. She had to leave her job. Brooklen was demoted, but he was now at the helm of the 7-year-old police department.

Miami Gardens first police chief, Matthew Boyd, brought Miami-Dade Police Department veteran Brooklen to Miami Gardens Aug. 27, 2007. When Boyd resigned Dec. 10, 2013 -- after NAACP asked U.S. Attorney General to review possible civil rights violations -- Brooklen was a police captain. He became assistant chief in May.

When Brooklen was asked about the blemish on his record Monday, he referred the inquiry to the city's public information officer, whose response was, "please refrain from contacting any personnel directly via phone or email."

In the world of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity, Interim Chief Brooklen, City Manager Cameron Benson and Miami Gardens Mayor Oliver G. Gilbert III are fraternity brothers. And all three have faced sexual harassment accusations during their careers.

Benson also knows how it feels to have to walk out of a job with shame amid a scandal. In June 2011, he resigned from his $205,000 a year post as Hollywood city manager amid a long list of accusations. They included bungling the city's finances, sexual harassment, and having police deliver a generator to his parents in Lauderhill.

The FBI, the Broward State Attorney's Office and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigated him, as he left with a severance package of nearly $300,000. There was insufficient evidence, and Benson was cleared of all wrong doing.

Gilbert, one of Benson's fraternity brothers, recommended him for the city manager job. Benson joined Miami Gardens April 2013. Months later, Gilbert's executive assistant Tiffany Adderley filed a sexual harassment complaint against Gilbert. Benson transferred Adderley to public works, where she has worked as an administrative analyst since July 2014.


CONTACT YOUR ELECTED OFFICIAL: Mayor welcomes any comments, questions or concerns you might have and can be reached at: ogilbert@miamigardens-fl.gov

Now Benson is looking for the new police chief who will inherit the troubled department. For now, the interim chief will have to deal with the police-involved shooting that killed Lavall Hall, after his mom Catherine Daniels Brown called police for help. Hall's family filed a lawsuit against the department. The 25 year old had a criminal history and a diagnosis of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.

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Are you guys kidding?? Please tell me, is this true? Are those three guys in a fraternity together? That is bullshit.

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This time last year, interviews for the chief position were being conducted, everyone was anxious to see who will become our new leader. Some of the front runners were Burden, Retired Chief Marshall, McQueen, some latin guy from Hialeah with a wierd last name, Ralphy, Dr. Boyd and Flowers from Hialeah.

Now lets see, will Mr. Manager select from one of the previous candidates? start a new search? or just continue with the status quo and appoint the interim. At any rate, we need leadership and stability on a 3....

A/C Brooklen, all the best, please dont let the stress and the politics make you execise poor judgement.

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This time last year, interviews for the chief position were being conducted, everyone was anxious to see who will become our new leader. Some of the front runners were Burden, Retired Chief Marshall, McQueen, some latin guy from Hialeah with a wierd last name, Ralphy, Dr. Boyd and Flowers from Hialeah.

Now lets see, will Mr. Manager select from one of the previous candidates? start a new search? or just continue with the status quo and appoint the interim. At any rate, we need leadership and stability on a 3....

A/C Brooklen, all the best, please dont let the stress and the politics make you execise poor judgement.

OH Lordy.. don't even put Ralphy in the mix.. has anyone checked his entire background from when he was at MDPD, BSO, Tallahassee.. and the list goes on.. you don't quit MDPD but was forced out after all the crap at the homicide unit.. by the way its all public record on his own testimony.. GD knows how he was hired by each agency after.. and now SAO Office.. oops things just forgotten or lost.. but all records and his testimony is still around by us old timers.. right Ralphy!

GD help us and a womanizer big time.. another embarrassment for MIa Gdns

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CB's ways were notorious in Hollywood. Affairs, harassment -- both sexual and hostile....dating back to the early 2000s. He used his father's reputation to get his position and then used his position as a sick and slimey game.

It was sickening to watch and experience.

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The worst thing the citizens of what is now Miami Garden did was to break from Miami-Dade County. What was then Carol City, was not a donor area, but a major recipient of the county's UMSA dollars; particularly in public safety! Alas power corrupts and in forming their own municipality, the municipal powers inherited corrupt absolutely.

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Dear Mr Gilbert,

The reason this police department has low moral is because if your bigotry. We have heard you speak about that you never wanted the men and women who currently serve this city. You make references about our police department not being black enough. You only want to hire African Americans who reside in this community despite if they are qualified or not. You only want to promote African Americans despite if they're competent or not to do the job. You're so blinded by black greed that you fail to realize the injustice that you do to this police agency, to the citizens of Miami Gardens, and to the reputation of the city.

I have witnessed you countless times greet black officers and completely ignore white officers and the Hispanic officers. As a Hispanic officer I can tell you this, if you think dealing with channel 6, Channel 7, and channel 10 is a headache, then you have not even felt the wrath what channel 23, channel 51, and Telemundo can really do.

If we need to even reach out to our Hispanic counterparts that make up 80% of miami-dade County, then we would love to see what your reaction would be.

Step aside, and allow whatever chief to come to this department and promote officers based on experience, knowledge, and competency.. Stop making this a all black agenda. what it should be about is who is competent enough to do this job.

Because quite frankly mr Gilbert, if it was the other way around and we had a white Chief only promoting and hiring white officers you will be joining hands with Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton crying how discrimination and racism exists within the department. Stop being a hypocrite and let the chief of police do his job effectively and without color of skin.

90% of us officers do not support you and we will never support you until you prove yourself. As we see it, you're a racist and a hypocrite. Let's see how your re-election will go.

Sincerely,

The Hispanic police officer who is losing patience...