Why Miami-Dade Police Officers Deserve to Get Paid More | Rosie Cordero-Stutz & Robert Gonzalez

Miami-Dade's Sheriff and Commissioner Rob Gonzalez join us to make the case for why police officer salaries need to go up — and why the county actually has the money to do it. They break down why salaries have stayed so low for so long, how raising corrections officers' pay already helped Miami-Dade regain control of its jails, and how severely understaffed the police department currently is.

They also cover the mental strain officers face, how police performance held up during the World Cup, response times, low recruitment numbers, the upcoming budget hearing, and how property tax reform factors into all of this. Plus how the Youth Fair budgets for public safety and Flock cameras. Top 3 restaurants included.

Public safety has to be the priority — this episode explains why.

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0:00 Intro
1:17 Why They Decided to Act on Police Salaries
4:33 Why Police Salaries Have Been So Low
6:33 How Sheriff is Personally Responsible for the Budget
8:15 Public Safety Needs to Be #1 Priority
9:40 How Increasing Salaries of Corrections Officers Helped Recruitment
11:56 Miami-Dade Police is Heavily Understaffed
13:32 How Sheriff Saw the Decrease in Recruitment Throughout the Years
15:14 Miami-Dade Officers Make Less Than Most Counties
17:34 Mental Strain of Police Officers
19:16 Police Performance During World Cup
21:57 Manny on Why People Need to Know About This
24:16 Catastrophies that Never Happened
26:01 Budget
27:10 Property Tax Reform
29:47 Why Police Salaries Were Neglected
32:50 Upcoming Budget Hearing
33:52 Miami-Dade Has the Money to Increase Police Salaries
35:41 Response Time
36:41 Low Recruitment Numbers
38:53 Bringing the Light to This Issue
40:33 What Will Sheriff’s New Budget Be Used For
42:23 When Was the Last Time the Facilities Were Updated
44:23 What Happens to Leftover Budget
45:27 Getting Funds from Federal Government
46:42 How the Youth Fair Budgets for Public Safety
49:42 How ADIM Brings Important News to the Community
51:05 Flock Cameras
55:21 Commissioner Praising the County Commission
56:45 Top 3 Restaurants by the Sheriff
58:31 Commissioner’s Favorite Subs
59:51 Questions from the Comments