Week’s after accepting his job as Chief of Police in Miami, Arturo “Art" Acevedo, America’s Top Cop and then President of the National Association of Chiefs of Police, as well as beloved Houston Chief, shared a Cafecito in Miami with me. We talked about everything from the importance of diversifying all police forces in the country, to being Austin, Texas’ first Latino Chief, his advice for fellow officers patrolling streets during such violent times, to the current mistrust of the police and the importance of transparency on the job. He was happy to be amongst fellow Cubans for the first time and doing a job he loves. Then he faced-off with Miami commissioners over corruption, discrepancies, and interference of police business, accusing the city of being run by the “Cuban Mafia” and six months later he was fired and publicly disgraced Miami-style on public television. As he himself told me, “When you stand for something, you put yourself at risk”.

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