PBA ALERT – Make your voices heard and have your family, friends and all that support our profession, which is under attack, take 5 minutes of their time and call.

On Wednesday, July 8, 2020, the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners (BCC) will take up the issue of whether to impose a civilian oversight panel (IRP) on police officers – including municipal police officers if their cities opt in.
The last proposed IRP ordinance passed on first reading, June 16, 2020, and called for funding the IRP with no less than 1% of the MDPD’s operating budget (that would be the equivalent of $7.59 million per year). The PBA has fiercely fought any efforts to defund the police!
IT IS IMPORTANT that you, your family members, friends and neighbors call county commissioners BEFORE the Wednesday, July 8, 2020, meeting (starts at 9:30 A.M.) and let them know that you do not want another taxpayer funded layer of bureaucracy overseeing the police, especially any attempts to defund the police, by any amount, whatsoever.
Below please find the telephone numbers of each Miami-Dade County commissioner:


District 1 – Comm. Barbara Jordan District 7 -- Comm. Xavier Suarez
305-375-5694 305-669-4003
bjordan@miamidade.gov district7@miamidade.gov

District 2 -- Comm. Jean Monestime District 8 -- Comm. Daniella Levine Cava
305-375-4833 305-375-5218
district2@miamidade.gov district8@miamidade.gov

District 3 -- Chairwoman Audrey Edmonson District 9 -- Comm. Dennis Moss
305-375-5393 305-234-4938
district3@miamidade.gov DennisMoss@miamidade.gov

District 4 -- Comm. Sally Heyman District 10 -- Comm. Javier Souto
305-375-5128 305-375-4835
district4@miamidade.gov district10@miamidade.gov

District 5 -- Comm. Eileen Higgins District 11 -- Comm. Joe Martinez
305-375-5924 305-375-5511
district5@miamidade.gov

District 6 -- Comm. Rebeca Sosa District 12 -- Comm. Jose “Pepe” Diaz
305-375-5696 305-375-4343
district6@miamidade.gov district12@miamidade.gov

District 13 -- Comm. Esteban “Steve” Bovo
305-375-4831
district13@miamidade.gov


NOTICE: Please remember that the home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and photographs of active or former sworn law enforcement personnel or of active or former civilian personnel employed by a law enforcement agency as well as the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, photographs, dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and children of such personnel are exempt from disclosure, pursuant to Florida law.

Please do not give this information if asked. Simply respond that the information is exempt.


IF YOU ALSO WISH TO SPEAK AT THE WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2020, BCC ZOOM MEETING,
YOU MUST REGISTER BEFOREHAND AND FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW:

The meeting of the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners previously scheduled to be held in the Miami-Dade Commission Chambers, located on the Second Floor of the Stephen P. Clark Center, 111 N.W. First Street, Miami, Florida, 33128, on Wednesday, July 8, 2020, at 9:30 a.m. will now only be held virtually utilizing communications media technology made permissible pursuant to the Governor’s Executive Orders.
Interested parties may:
1. join a Zoom meeting to speak, where permissible, on an item by registering in advance of the meeting at https://miamidade.live/BCCMeeting (Zoom registration will be available beginning July 2, 2020);

2. call in live by phone to speak, where permissible, on an item at (305) 375-5777; to avoid delays you may register in advance at https://miamidade.live/BCCMeeting (registration will be available beginning July 2, 2020);

3. call in live to listen to the meeting at (305) 375-5777;

4. view a live broadcast on Miami-Dade Television;

5. view a live webcast at https://www.miamidade.gov/webcasting;

6. after the meeting, view an archived copy of the meeting at www.miamidade.gov/webcasting; or

7. if you are hearing impaired, you may join the meeting using Florida Relay Service by dialing 711 on your telephone.

If you have any questions or require additional information regarding technical support in connection with the virtual meeting, please call the county at: (305) 375-5777.

As always, feel free to contact us at the PBA (305) 593-0044, if you have any questions.



Regards, Steadman Stahl