The Miami City Commission on Thursday evening voted unanimously to affirm the suspension of Police Chief Art Acevedo and immediately remove him from his position.
Acevedo, who attended the hearing, had been suspended"effective immediately" Monday by City Manager Arthur Noriega until the commission made the judgment to terminate him.The judgment came at the end of a nearly five-hour-long hearing during which Noriega's attorney called four witnesses to testify against the chief, including Human Resources Director Angela Roberts, Assistant Police Chief Armando Aguilar, Noriega and Interim Police Chief Manny Morales.
""When the city manager received the action plan that he had requested, at that point he know that it was time to move on because the chief failed to recognize or acknowledge what the issues were," Marchman said.
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