Chief Ralphael Hernandez

Rolexes, Cartier watches, prostitutes yes I gave them all to you when you were with Metro. I never thought you would snitch on the Cocaine homicide Cops, your own partners. You thought you would escape to the Secret Service but they caught you and got rid off you. I learned that by the middle of next year your old partner Julio Ojeda will be releasing a book he wrote in Federal Prison about the corruption and his old pal "Ralphael". I wonder if a movie producer will pick it up. I thought of a title for a movie "The Great Corruptor".
If any of you NMB folks what to do a little research pull the old Miami Herald articles or contact the
Federal Court Archives in Atlanta, it's public record. I have the material but it's to much to post.

Rolexes, Cartier watches, prostitutes yes I gave them all to you when you were with Metro. I never thought you would snitch on the Cocaine homicide Cops, your own partners. You thought you would escape to the Secret Service but they caught you and got rid off you. I learned that by the middle of next year your old partner Julio Ojeda will be releasing a book he wrote in Federal Prison about the corruption and his old pal "Ralphael". I wonder if a movie producer will pick it up. I thought of a title for a movie "The Great Corruptor".
If any of you NMB folks what to do a little research pull the old Miami Herald articles or contact the
Federal Court Archives in Atlanta, it's public record. I have the material but it's to much to post.
was a backround done at all by nmb? if so who did it? was HS?

now its crystal clear why the motors interv went the way it did.

Wow, Mario, if you have so much on Rafael, why don't you call the Sunpost, or the MiamiNewTimes, these weeklies will be glad to publicize your story, even anonymously!

It was already in the news years ago, obviously NMB never did due diligence. Look who is paying now, your officers and citizens. It is all in the court files and old papers.. just pull up the old news reports for yourself or better yet do a 119 request ! Those are the facts! You could have done much better, believe me ! Good luck and buckle up !

Mario is full of it... Prove it... All talk, no action...

"The Homicide Tour of Miami." These poor cops seem resigned, weak. They apparently didn't have the brains, the stamina, or the manpower to keep up with the criminals. At the climax of the drug crisis, many cops in Miami were aiding and embedding the drug users—the money was just too enticing.

I lived through it, time for you to do your own research ! Many cobwebs in closets just ask the right people!

You and the city have to live with it, too bad !

Try Dade SAO/ BSO/ MDPD/ Grand Jury Reports.
or talk with Alex he surely knows !

http://openweb.tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/19 ... BC-17.html (http://openweb.tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/1980-5/1980-05-30-NBC-17.html)
Or better yet.. talk with the source who has the good !

http://www.integrityforjustice.com/alva ... etter.html (http://www.integrityforjustice.com/alvarez-miami-river-cops-newsletter.html)

http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2005-10-13 ... ealer/full (http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2005-10-13/news/miami-see-it-like-a-drug-dealer/full)

Put the puzzle together and throw out the garbage. You have been given all the players names now go do your homework ! Minus Miami Vice crap !

most of it is public info except for some sealed stuff !

Here's a paragraph from federal court documents-

"A central figure in this case is Mario Escandar. Detectives Rafael Hernandez and Ojeda of the homicide section of the Metro-Dade County Public Safety Department arrested Escandar in 1977 for kidnapping. Escandar became friendly with Hernandez and Ojeda as well as with Detectives Alonso, Izaguirre, Derringer, Charles Rivas, George Pontigo and Charles Zatrapalek. The men often visited Escandar at his home after he was released on bond."

More pieces to the puzzle forthcoming.

Here's a paragraph from federal court documents-

"A central figure in this case is Mario Escandar. Detectives Rafael Hernandez and Ojeda of the homicide section of the Metro-Dade County Public Safety Department arrested Escandar in 1977 for kidnapping. Escandar became friendly with Hernandez and Ojeda as well as with Detectives Alonso, Izaguirre, Derringer, Charles Rivas, George Pontigo and Charles Zatrapalek. The men often visited Escandar at his home after he was released on bond."

More pieces to the puzzle forthcoming.

Puzzle man, you are onto something very dark and scary, beware what you post, sometimes uncorrected depravity is best left buried deep. . . very deep! Unless you got the goods; the real McCoy, don't tread where angels dare not step!

Then Chief or whoever please enlighten us with your facts as those in the records have spoken ! Give us your take of what happened! These are actual case facts not made up stories, you turned to the other side and testified to get out of prosecution ! If this is not what happened please let us know, we cant wait to here your side and to set the record straight !

Then Chief or whoever please enlighten us with your facts as those in the records have spoken ! Give us your take of what happened! These are actual case facts not made up stories, you turned to the other side and testified to get out of prosecution ! If this is not what happened please let us know, we cant wait to here your side and to set the record straight !

Don't believe what you hear or read! People have a way of exaggerating urban legends for their own nefarious reasons. Others, like you passing it own as if it were the Gospel of John. Rafael was not indicted, in the County's Cocaine Cops. His fall from grace came due to his allegiance to the code of silence most cops adhere to, especially 30-plus years ago. Like other cops that were smeared by Ojeda and crew misdeeds, Rafael was in the wrong homicide squad at a very wrong time in policing -- the mid 70s drugs, sex and disco! The logic from the department and the Feds was, you work with them, you're an experienced detective, and you have not seem anything inappropriate? C'mon, tell us what you know!

Had he been soiled, all the departments that he has served since, would have never taken him. AS to his personality and managerial approach, well that is a matter that you guys are finding out!

Know your facts, you cant see and witness criminal wrongdoings and take "gifts" from those you arrest and think it is okay! He was forced to testify to save his own a$$. If it was today in this day and age he would be decertified, but as a gypsy cop in and out of states, people tend to forget and those who worked his squad retired ! But plenty of us still around! The court files speak volumes of his squad and his wrong doings. Please know or read the facts before you speak ! I already have !

Know your facts, you cant see and witness criminal wrongdoings and take "gifts" from those you arrest and think it is okay! He was forced to testify to save his own a$$. If it was today in this day and age he would be decertified, but as a gypsy cop in and out of states, people tend to forget and those who worked his squad retired ! But plenty of us still around! The court files speak volumes of his squad and his wrong doings. Please know or read the facts before you speak ! I already have !


Just the facts? Yeah, the wrong ones!

Rafael was never indicted, never mind convicted of anything. If you don't know, you can testify to facts you don't. Worse, make things up, just to relieve the pressure exerted upon you by investigators! As to the gifts, URBAN LEGEND! Show us, if you have the facts, that he was forced to testify! You guys are full of chit, worse hatred!

Get over it, Rafael is there to stay for as long as he wants to!

Learn to read properly, no one said he was indicted but turned snitch "after pressure was put on him to testify". A good , honest cop, would have come forward way before he was forced too. Also the gifts are for real from his own mouth !
I guess you were still in diapers when this case was happening or better yet... in corrections !

Learn to read properly, no one said he was indicted but turned snitch "after pressure was put on him to testify". A good , honest cop, would have come forward way before he was forced too. Also the gifts are for real from his own mouth !
I guess you were still in diapers when this case was happening or better yet... in corrections !

Of course he was not, the reference to indictment and conviction was made to emphasize a critical point, and to illustrate the fallacy of these scurrilous accusations. Because he did not turned government witness, is why this chit you are posting keeps coming back like a bad case of STD! The fact you cannot post a substantive retort proves you don't know jack chit, or have proof of anything! Like a parrot, you keep repeating what you have heard from other haters, and because it feeds your resentment, you keep parroting it. Sad! However much you recent it, Rafael Hernandez is your Chief of Police, and will be until he doesn't want it anymore. Get used to it!

From the Tallahassee Democrat-


The Florida Highway Patrol issued Tallahassee Deputy Police Chief Rafael Hernandez a civil traffic citation Wednesday for driving 100 mph on Interstate 10.

The FHP also blasted a TPD internal affairs investigation into the incident and said it "never addressed the serious nature of the excessive speed violation," according to a release. The Tallahassee police chief said his department responded appropriately.

Hernandez received a counseling letter from the department, but no formal disciplinary action for speeding on Nov. 26. The state trooper who pulled him over, 22-year highway patrol veteran Jimmy Love, stated that Hernandez tried to use his position to get out of getting a ticket, saying "I am the assistant chief of police of the city of Tallahassee ... you write your ticket, and I'll take you to court."

Earlier, Hernandez said the tension at the stop was due to a "misconception" and that he wasn't arrogant, but "embarrassed." Love gave Hernandez a warning, but no ticket.

He will never change his spots, he is arrogant, a pompus a$$ and where there is smoke there is fire. Everyone past and present cant be wrong! You would think after all his close calls, he would lay low ! Now, get busy and clean your work area, Frank, because you cant hang my pictures right, you are out of here!

I see that someone has felt the need to bash the living hell out of something that should not even concern us. Unfortunately unhappy folks always have a shovel in the shed to dig up shit that means nothing. As one posted, the Chief completed the FBI National Academy and I am a not a betting person but in this case I would bet the FBI did their part and found no reason to exclude him from the academy. Therefore, it’s over and done with. I wasn’t there and neither we you. “Let he without sin cast the first stone.”

With that being said, what would you do differently with the agency? If you have suggestions which would make the agency work more efficiently then step up and be counted. The recent talk of budget cuts and requests that have been spewed about are certainly not limited to the City of North Miami Beach. This a global issue that affects not just government agencies, but civilian job markets throughout the country as well. We have issues that need to be addressed and not only has the Chief of Police been tasked with this, every manager in the City has been. Our overtime budget is out of control. Put yourself in the position of the Chief or better yet, look what you are doing in your household. Are you cutting back on unnecessary trips in your vehicles here and there? Are you economizing at the grocery store? Are you eating at home more than before? The answer to each of these questions is, YES! Well we have to do this at work too.

Please take time to analyze what you here and digest it before you run off spewing that the walls are caving in. Not everyone is going to be in your corner when you regurgitate garbage to your fellow officers expecting to get them to fall in with you. The walls are not caving in and we are not doing that bad. The information is the city has to cut budgets and they will have to do what is necessary to get the numbers to work. I have not heard officers will be laid off and that is good. What your heard were options not gospel.

We have several people living outside what I would bet even you would consider unreasonable mileage boundaries and the tax payers are paying the price for them to drive city vehicles home. If you were the city manager and your family depended on your decisions, I would bet you too would consider that being an unnecessary burden.

How about the four day work week? I am surprised the Chief didn’t drop that and go back to a five day work week already. If you were the Chief I would bet you would have at least considered it. If I were the Chief, and perhaps even you would have made that change to afford more officers on the road even if just for the safety factor. Perhaps you never thought the Chief had a conversation with Kevin Klopp about keeping the four day work week? Are you so sure he didn’t argue that point?

Give the man a chance and don’t sell him short. Don’t burry your head in the sand. Look ahead. Don’t worry yourself about his past; you need to worry about your future and what you can do to make it change for the better. Be positive and positive things will occur.

Nice posting Reyes......you suck-ace. Of course you dont care about how far some of us have to drive. You were given a house for free in the lovely city of NMB with no mortgage. Grow up you moron. You have no concpet of bills, family and responsibility. SRT is not the only "thing" on earth. You are a spoiled 40 year old kid! I wouldnt live in the city for the safety of my family. Especially with the chief removing officers from the streets. What's that you ask how? By not paying OT for Dayshift and placing motors in there instead..you are removing bodies from the streets, thus allowing more crime to be committed. This chief sucks and so does the city manager. This place has plenty of money..it just chooses not to give it to the PD.

hmmm lets see I have yet to see the chief give anything to the dept... I have not seen nor heard 1 positive thing other then JA get the P&T Spot and its not like the chief had anything to do with that, some1 finally got a position that deserved it

now people wanna talk money...
you have NON SWORN TC gettin a raise and then suggesting that we take 2.5 cut, yeah ok.......

and the lets nit pick and get rid of the small things that make some of us a lil happy goat tees. and then lets get rid of OT for the road as we loose off duty after off duty...

and then lets not have any1 show up when an officer gets shot at... yeah i dont think morale could get any lower without a goddamn jack hammer....

and dont worry bout those shootings as long as u get ur community contacts in

now tell me again what has the chief done for the troops again???

10 Surefire Ways to Tick Off Your Co-workers
Kate Lorenz, CareerBuilder.com Editor


Let's face it, not everyone gets along perfectly. To be successful in your work, you at least need the respect and support of others -- your customers, suppliers, co-workers and management. But sometimes, despite your best efforts to win their support, bad habits creep into your daily work life and drive others crazy.


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1. Is it always all about you?
Are you preoccupied with your own career path and looking good at the expense of others? Do you put others down while you pump yourself up? Instead, conduct yourself in such a way that other people will want to see you succeed -- let their genuine support and admiration of who you are pull you to success.


2. Answering cell phone calls during meetings.
A surefire way to aggravate people is to consistently respond to calls, e-mails and pagers when in conversation with others. This sends a message that they are less important than the caller. Let the calls go and return them when your current conversation is over. If you are expecting an urgent call, alert those present. They will appreciate that you value their time and that you stay focused on matters at hand.


3. Sending voice mails that go on and on and on.
At the end of a voice message, replay it and hear how you sound. Difficulty in getting to the point? Just like giving a speech - state your objective or main message first and follow it with brief, supporting sub-points. Some people prefer voice mail, some e-mail - each workplace has its own expectations.


4. Acting like a bureaucrat.
Do you drag out turnaround times and play control games? Do you create obstacles or barriers for others to do their work? Making mountains out of molehills is another surefire way to alienate people. Teach people how to navigate your organization efficiently, knowing when to stick with the rules and when to break them.


5. Reading the newspaper or hammering on your laptop during training sessions or meetings.
Yes, there are way too many meetings and you've got more important things to do. Yet doing non-relevant tasks when there is a set agenda sends a clear message that this event or these people are unimportant to you. Instead, be fully focused - chances are if you completely engage, you will make important contributions while you show you are a committed team player.


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You are your words even more so in virtual relationships. You may be communicating with people worldwide who know you only by the sound of your voice or the tone of your e-mails. Become conscious of how you use language and stop communicating in ways that cause you to sound inexperienced or unprofessional. Ask those you trust and respect for feedback.


7. Doing your bills at the office.
Whether you are paying your bills, planning your wedding, or placing an online order for a special gift, avoid doing them on office time. People understand short personal calls and respect emergencies, but they don't appreciate seeing you get paid to manage your life.


8. Skirting around the dress code.
Ask 10 companies to define business casual and you have 10 different definitions. Dressing for work has never been more complicated - especially if you work at multiple locations. Prioritize matching your customer's dress code and if visiting more than one on a given day and the codes conflict, go for a classic, neutral look and be prepared to flex - adding or losing a jacket or tie between locations.


9. Taking it too easy on telecommute days.
Run a few errands and throw in a load of laundry? Hey, you're a hard worker and deserve work-life balance. Telecommuting can be a tremendous win-win but if you stretch it to its limits, you may blow the policy for yourself and others. Meet your deadlines, be readily available during business hours and do great work -- skip the temptation to make it appear like you are working but you're really not.


10. Acting unethically.
Make sure you are clear on your organization's ethics policies and have the courage and conviction to uphold them. It's easy to draw the line on major violations but watch for the subtle ways you may be pulling others in the wrong direction to achieve goals -- massaging numbers or data, violating copyright, or providing misleading information. Raise the ethics bar high and hold yourself and others to it.

"Looking Forward" you are a complete idiot or just a complete ace kisser. This department is in major trouble and I believe that you are a poster from City Hall, because there is NO ONE within the P.D is happy at this moment. The city is at an all time high with violent crimes and we are going to cut the PD budget? Let's burden our officers with inane suggestions such as a 2.5% pay raise instead of our bargained 5% raise in October, and the re-hashed threats on the take home cars and 4-10's. Let's not give the majors a pay raise in October and lets make the Captains come in and work shifts in lieu of paying Sgts OT. The city is making it clear that there is absolutely NO incentive for anyone to want to promote and move up the ranks. Try to better yourself and the department by moving up the ladder and get screwed without the courteousy of receiving a little KY to go along with the anal rape. Pull the specialty units and make them cover shifts when officers use their annual so road officers don't make OT. Yeah, maybe I am wrong and you are right...things are real rosey around here right now! Flopp is going to try to once again pit the PD against the rest of the city on Thursday and try to make us look like the bad guys again. I would suggest that you keep sniffing what ever it is that you are using so the cloud keeps fogging up what's right in front of your RAT face!

More Kool Aid Please ! Its called not having any ba--S or a plan. You must lead by example and show you are not afraid to get out and work and put the bad guys in jail... the heck with cleaning everything until we get the city under control!
Lets worry about crime, the troops, and the rest will come together with the support instead of always being at each others throat. Patrol needs more officers on the road now ... what about the select "few" always hiding in task forces ! Hmm. What have they brought in and what are they producing ! That is 3 more bodies we can use now ! Make them a CST unit.. do soemthing positive !

The person who chose to write the Miss Manners post is obviously someone who doesnt work in the police department. If they do, then we are really in a sad state of affairs. We need to realize that most of the shootings, rapes, robberies, burglaries, are not made public. Most dont make the news. You can tell that the councel and the citizens have no idea what really is happening to their city otherwise the biggest complaint would not be skateboarders. I blame the person who should be bringing this to their attention and that is the Chief. It is normal for a city to want to save money when there is clearly an economic crisis. But the normal person would never save money when it comes to their own safetly. The Ft. Lauderdale Chief understood that and because of his own strong ethics, he went public with that information, even though it cost him his job. Our Chief does not have that kind ethics. You can tell that he really does not care about our safety or the safety of the citizens because otherwise, his first and only priority would be to try and come up with solutions to combat the mayhem that is going on in our city. Communty Contacts, putting two people in community patrol, and making the specialized units, who in their own way curtail crime, work the shifts, is not making a dent in the daily shootings. DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT THE COUNCEL OR CITIZEN KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT REPLACING OFFICERS! Do you think that they know that one of our officers was shot at during at robbery, that another officer was shot at at the middle school, that a women was raped by 5 thugs on their bike path, then they robbed someone else at gun point, took their two cars, and then one proceeded to run the car into a inocent person who is now in critical condition? Do they know that the house that was shot at by a ex boyfriend was not the only house in this city that has been shot at? There have been dozens that are not domestic related, but gang related but for some reason they didnt make the news. The metro Officer that was shot during a burglary in the residential area behind the high school, that wasnt close enough to us for the citizens to worry about? Not if they dont realize that the subjects that shot that officer were residents of our city, subjects that we have come n contact with dozens of times and probably committed many burglaries in our city. Our officers were just lucky enough not to have come across them during a burglary in our city. WAKE UP. We have a Chief and a City Manager that is really not concerned with keeping this city safe or the officers safe. Their concern is cutting the budget, even if its at the expense of our safety. They are not going to let the councel or the citizens know what is going on. That is going to have to be our job.

Excellent, intelligent post 545. That is what we need to worry about NOW!

Uh-oh Ralphy that little business from the late 70's & early 80's is starting to rear it's ugly head again :wink: .... What's it gonna be this time??? Those NMB guys & gals are only going to sit on that for so long you know :oops:

Uh-oh Ralphy that little business from the late 70's & early 80's is starting to rear it's ugly head again :wink: .... What's it gonna be this time??? Those NMB guys & gals are only going to sit on that for so long you know :oops:

He got away once and will again! Stop wasting your time and join me in a KOOL-AID ****tail!

I worked with "RH" at BSO and he is a real piece of work. He was always hitting on married women [ my wife was one ] she told him to "F.O." but she was
afraid to tell me because he was one of Nick's boy's!

I remember the day he suspended me for something that I didn't do.....and I also remember when I came back and BSO had to pay me for their mistake.

I met a guy that retired fro the Secrete Service and he told me all about "RH."

I can't believe that he is still a cop, he must have friends .

I hope some day I run into him and I can tell him what a POS he really is!

Youre a day late and a dollar short buddy. Ralph was fired from NMB and working for a security company now i think. So no more hitting on PO's wives for a while.

Youre a day late and a dollar short buddy. Ralph was fired from NMB and working for a security company now i think. So no more hitting on PO's wives for a while.

Did anyone look up why he was fired???? Because he stuck up for his officers. The city manager wanted to layoff 24 officers. It's all over the media....hello. I know plenty of officers that think the world of Rafael. He is straight and those in the know realize that. If you really knew about law enforcement - you would know that FBI and FDLE don't fool around when they do backgrounds on Chiefs.
It is too bad, that many are so sour and hold grudges. The guy has moved up the ranks and has moved up as Chief from small cities to big cities - that is not being a gypsy, that is moving up. FYI, a lot of Chiefs move to enhance their career. Duh!

Police Chief Tom Hunker of Bal Harbour might be available as a Chief applicant.