The Florida Department of Law Enforcement recently ended an investigation into the onetime commander of the Miami-Dade Police Department's internal affairs unit, concluding Donald Rifkin was hoping to get laid by talking to county cop Carmen Pichardo about sensitive information in the internal affairs case against her. Department rules forbid IA detectives from discussing cases with anyone, especially officers under investigation. As a result, Rifkin was demoted from major to captain. Pichard
Police this morning released the first details of a Saturday night murder in Allapattah -- including a sketch of the prime suspect in the killing.Around 11:45 p.m. on Saturday, someone shot a man named Hector Belgrade near 2261 NW 28th St. and then ran off, says Det. Juan D'Elia of the Miami Police Department. Belgrade had no criminal criminal convictions before his murder, based on Riptide's search of public records.Police believe the shooter was the man pictured in this sketch.Know where to fi
Lumilon.com via Flickr CC​Just a few weeks ago, at a county school board meeting, Bernie Winer -- a consultant for the Miami Beach Police Athletic League -- received a standing ovation. A month before that, Miami Beach city commissioners handed him an award. But Riptide has uncovered a PAL expense report that helped spark a police investigation into the hulking retired cop and other PAL executive board members' performances.
Winer was executive director of the non-profit, which sponsors
