Name: Art Acevedo

Task Force Membership: Task Force on Policing

Job Title: Former Chief of Police, Miami and Houston

Bio: Art Acevedo is the Chief of Police for the City of Miami. Appointed by City Manager Art Noriega, he was sworn into office on April 5, 2021 and leads the largest municipal law enforcement agency in Florida. The department has 1,312 sworn law enforcement officers, 490 civilian support personnel, and an annual budget of more than $250 million.

Bio 2: Born in Cuba under the communist Castro regime, Acevedo was four years old when he immigrated to the United States with his family in 1968. He grew up in California and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Administration from the University of La Verne.