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alp227

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Mon Mar 3, 2014, 04:19 PM Mar 2014

Miami police chief lays down law to cops: Get unruly again and you will be arrested [View all]

A day after dozens of Miami police union members stormed City Hall and interrupted a commission meeting, Police Chief Manuel Orosa laid down the law: Do it again and you’ll be prosecuted.

An investigation has been promised.

Last Thursday, while commissioners were conducting city business, a peaceful rally in Peacock Park just down the street turned into a road trip, with unionized officers marching into nearby City Hall and demanding that the city restore benefits taken away over the years to help balance the budget.

They held up signs that read “Low pay, low morale.” They banged against glass windows. They shouted until commissioners left the dais and put a halt to the meeting.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/03/03/3971543/miami-police-chief-lays-down-law.html

This is just too funny...a police chief threatening to throw the book at his own officers for once.

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