Miguel Exposito

Miguel Exposito was born in Cuba in 1954. He migrated to the US with his parents at the age of 5, shortly after the Communist takeover of the island. During his 37 year career, he worked his way up the ranks of the Miami Police Department while becoming involved in all aspects of law enforcement, including undercover work and as an investigator. Before becoming Chief of the Miami Police Department, he headed a myriad of units within the agency, including the Special Investigations Section, Internal Affairs, the Criminal Investigations Section, and two of the three patrol districts in the city. He was also the commanding officer of the Police Academy/Training Unit. In total, Chief Exposito spent twenty-three years in upper management staff positions of the police department, including two years as Chief of the Miami Police Department from 2009 through 2011. As a result of new initiatives implemented during his tenure as chief, Miami experienced a significant decline in the number of violent crimes occurring in the city, dropping to levels not seen in almost 40 years. Consequently, in 2010, the Miami Police Department was singled out from a field of over 18,000 US police agencies for the coveted Homeland Security Special Recognition Award. This prestigious acknowledgment was bestowed by the renown International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), the highly respected global association for law enforcement. Chief Exposito is a graduate of Barry University in Miami and the premier law enforcement senior executive leadership schools in the nation: the FBI National Academy, the Harvard University-JFK School of Government, the Senior Management Institute for Police-Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), and the FBI National Executive Institute. He has appeared in dozens of nationally televised documentaries and news programs dealing with law enforcement, police professionalism and corruption.