By Phil Prazan and Willard Shepard •
Published January 17, 2021 •
Updated on January 18, 2021 at 11:41 pm
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Officers from several different agencies across South Florida are heading to the nation s capital to help police and secure the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.
Monday, 50 officers from the Miami Beach Police Department left while on Sunday morning, 45 officers from Miami-Dade County packed up to travel to Washington D.C. Twenty-seven officers from the Coral Gables Police Department were also headed to D.C.
“This is a small part of what Coral Gables is going to do for the rest of the country to make sure that there is a peaceful smooth transition, Coral Gables Police Chief Ed Hudak Jr. said.