Hialeah Police Department

The Hialeah Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency serving the City of Hialeah, Florida, United States. Their jurisdiction lies within the actual city limits of Hialeah, but have mutual aid agreements with neighboring police departments, most importantly the county-wide Miami-Dade Police Department.

Hialeah Police Department
Abbreviation	HPD
Agency overview
Formed	1925
Annual budget	38.8 Million
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Hialeah, Florida, U.S.
Map of Hialeah Police Department's jurisdiction.
Size	23 square miles (60 km^2)
Population	217,141 (2006)
General nature	Local civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	5555 E. 8 Avenue, Hialeah, FL
Police Officers	300
Civilians	150
Agency executive	Sergio Velazquez, Chief of Police
Sectors	5
Website
Hialeah Police Department

As of 2010, the Hialeah Police Department is the 89th largest Police Department in the United States[1]

The current Chief of Police is Chief Sergio Velazquez.

Demographics

As of 2000, the breakdown of the makeup of the rank and file of the Hialeah Police Department is[2]

• Male: 89%
• Female: 11%
• Hispanic: 63%
• African-American/Black: 7%
• White: 29%

Officers killed in the line of duty

Since the establishment of the Hialeah Police Department, three officers have died in the line of duty.[3]

Officer	Date of Death	Details
Officer Hugo Becker	Saturday, June 25, 1966	Automobile Accident
Officer Emilio Miyares	Thursday, November 6, 1986	Gunfire
Sergeant Pedro Cainas	Thursday, November 19, 1992	Gunfire

References

1. Law Enforcement Officers Per Capita for Cities, Local Departments
2. Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics, 2000: Data for Individual State and Local Agencies with 100 or More Officers
3. "The Officer Down Memorial Page".

External links

• Hialeah Police Department official website