John Rivera

Carlos "El Fuerte" Alvarez

Corrections Chief Tim Ryan Can't Seem To Stop Offending Black Guards

Note to Tim Ryan: Maybe just stay home next February. Ryan, Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation chief since 2006, hasn't exactly built a mountain of goodwill with his majority black workforce during his three years in charge of one of the nation's largest prison systems, with a $315 million b ... More >>

Black History No-Show

Corrections chief Tim Ryan can't seem to stop offending black guards.

Johnny Winton Speaks

The commish talks for the first time about his 2006 arrest.

Frontier Justice

Peter Michael Daniel was savagely beaten at the Sweetwater Police Complex over a missing Jet Ski. No one’s saying who did it.

Wicked

Melt this commissioner

Total the Recall

Commish Natacha Seijas is still around. For now anyway.

Park This!

Commish Natacha Seijas is still around. For now anyway.

Heller Returns?

Commish Natacha Seijas is still around. For now anyway.

Mortal Kombat, Miami-Style

It's another Rundle vs. Milian showdown for the State Attorney job, getting messier as the finish nears

Letters from the Issue of October 14-20,2004

Politics on campus and cops on cops

Welcome to Fabulous Tallahassee

Where your humble state legislators work hard by day and play hard by night

Saint Pizzi

Rundle, Milian, or Pizzi as state attorney in '04?

Much Ado About Very Little

How a dinner companion of the state attorney took issue with "Talk of Our Town' columnist Joan Fleischman & the Herald, etc.

Letters from the Issue of June 13, 2002

People don't go sifting through your luggage in Oregon!

The Thick Blue Line

Max Rameau switches gears on how to get a civilian investigative panel focused on county cops

The Hot Seat

Pepe Cancio faced big trouble on his first day as a county commissioner, but no one likes trouble

Letters to the Editor

From the Issue of February 21, 2002

A Wasted Life

Will Eddie Lee Macklin accomplish more in death than he did in life? Don't count on it.

Letters to the Editor

From the issue of December 28, 2000

Down but Probably Not Out

What a couple of losers have to say

Letters to the Editor

From the issue of November 23, 2000

Friendly Fire

State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle should have coasted to election victory. Instead she's dodging bullets from the police unions in the political fight of her life.

Letters to the Editor

From the issue of August 31, 2000

No Tickee, No Jobee

Miami-Dade cop William Oertwig has paid for refusing to issue traffic tickets

Big Daddy Denial

The truth is all relative to Hialeah Police Chief Rolando Bolaños

If the Suits Fit

The mayor of Hialeah Gardens has a taste for vulgarity, revenge -- and for costing the city big bucks in legal fees

A Brotherly Imbroglio

Hialeah police chief Rolando Bolanos has two sons on the force. Both are being investigated for violent behavior.

A Collision Course

Drunk drivers are getting away with it these days, thanks to peevish Miami-Dade cops

Iron John

In five years PBA boss John Rivera has transformed his police union into a major political force

Prisoners and Politics

In five years PBA boss John Rivera has transformed his police union into a major political force

Jailhouse Rumble

If racial strife and political bickering were crimes, the entire staff of Dade County's corrections department would be locked up

Union Calls for Miami Corrections Director's Resignation

A few months ago, Riptide reported on Miami-Dade Corrections Chief Tim Ryan's habit of pissing off his black employees. Now the union representing all 2,700 of his workers is calling for Ryan's resignation. In a letter sent to Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez this month and obtained by Riptide, the u ... More >>