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About
the Miami Police Department
In 1896 the City of Miami was incorporated and elected their first law enforcement
official, a town marshal. In 1907, the office of town marshal was abandoned in favor of creating a police
department and the Miami Police Department was formed. Today, The Miami Police Department is a full service
law enforcement agency which consists of over 1000 sworn police officers and over 350 civilian police employees.
The Miami Police Department is organized into four large divisions: Field Operations Division; Internal Affairs Division;
Criminal Investigations Division; and, Administration Division. According
to the Miami Police Department, “The most visible component of the Department is the Field Operations Division which
is responsible for the day-to-day delivery of police services within the City of Miami. These are the uniformed
men and women that patrol the City's neighborhoods, engage in community policing projects, support various community involvement
programs, and provide the nucleus for the specialized cadres that augment the patrol force within the Department. The Criminal
Investigations Division is the investigative arm of the Department. The highly trained and experienced
professionals that comprise this Division focus on a wide range of criminal activities within the City of Miami.
Their expertise in a variety of police science disciplines enables them to skillfully investigate crime and apprehend
offenders. The Administration Division performs the administrative and
logistical functions that are crucial to the continued effective operations of the Department. A dedicated
staff of both civilian and sworn personnel, the members of this Division ensure that the Department has the appropriate resources,
including budget, manpower, communications, data systems, records, and equipment to support the overall law enforcement efforts
of the Department.” Source: miami-police.org
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Lieutenant Nelson Andreu (retired) dedicated nearly his entire police career
with the Miami Police Department to homicide and death-investigation cases. During his nearly 23-year tenure with Miami Police
Department, Lieutenant Nelson Andreu spent over 21 years in the Homicide Unit. He investigated thousands of death cases ranging
from routine natural deaths, accidental deaths, industrial deaths, murders and suicides, to his working on five separate serial
killer investigations. His murder investigations culminated in 2002 with the conviction of Francisco Del Junco, a Miami serial
killer who bludgeoned to death and then set fire to four women in South Florida.
According to the book description of Nelson Andreu’s Dead Read, “Detective Peter Copeland wakes up on the beach one
morning with a killer headache and no clue how he came to be there. Before long, he discovers that the exotic redheaded stranger
he met at a party the night before is washed up on the beach, dead. What's this? Another detective mystery? But finally, here's
one that departs from the mold. "Dead Red" is based on first-hand knowledge of solving mysterious deaths, thanks to author
Nelson Andreu's twenty-two years in Miami's Homicide Unit. Readers who are curious about the workings behind crime investigations
finally get what they want: insight on the inner workings of homicide(extracting answers from a reluctant witness, capturing
an elusive fingerprint, distilling evidence from a mutilated victim) woven within an intriguing plot. Of course, Detective
Copeland uncovers the answer--but that answer is what every cop dreads.”
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