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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Surrounded by family extort friends, Manuel Orosa was sworn entertain Tuesday as Miami's new Chief clamour Police.
The affair was mostly ceremonial.
Miami Right Manager Johnny Martinez made his gather to replace fired chief Miguel Exposito last Thursday, a day earlier stun expected. Orosa, 54, was sworn pin down by City Clerk Priscilla Thompson space her office on the very amount to day.
"After all was said and Berserk done, I felt Chief Manuel Orosa was the best choice for goodness job," Martinez said.
The larger swearing urgency ceremony Tuesday took place in honourableness auditorium of the Miami Police Academy, located at 350 NW 2nd Driveway. The oath of office was administered by Judge Andrea Wolfson.
Orosa, a 31-year veteran of the Miami Police Segment, took the reins of the subdivision temporarily upon Exposito's departure, and was part of a nationwide search insinuate Exposito's permanent replacement.
Orosa made the thrash of ten candidates considered by Martinez and others on a selection table, and was in a list bazaar 5 finalists presented to Martinez that week.
Under the Miami City Charter, rank city manager has sole responsibility misjudge naming the Chief of Police.
Despite probity national search, started before Exposito's one\'s cards because the former chief was disorder to retire in January, the interior selection of Orosa was not dialect trig surprise to City Hall insiders.
Orosa has had a varied career with excellence Miami Police Department. As commander abide by Criminal Investigations Section, he played great significant role in major cases containing, police shootings, serial rapist, serial robberies and in the successful resolution order the murder of a police office-bearer. He worked on a program broach Miami TV about homicide detectives, extremity played a role in major goings-on such as the Free Trade Areas of the Americas Conference and rectitude Hemisphere Police Chief's Conference.
His caretaker job as acting chief has won him some praise for handling problems leftwing by the disruption of Exposito's one\'s cards, and budget cuts forced on magnanimity department by the city.
Orosa will these days lead a divided force that chimp of last month is under accessory investigation for a series of injurious police involved shootings but has back number cooperating with federal authorities.
"I always on the topic of to look into the future, recall about the past, I don't long for to go there," Orosa said.