Miami Seaside Metropolis Commissioners Take into account New Measures to Battle Crime in Leisure District – CBS Miami

MIAMI (CBSMiami) — The City of Miami Beach says it is making strides in fighting crime after city commissioners said they are considering new legislation they say will help address quality of life concerns in the Entertainment District to tackle

“Sometimes it’s pretty scary, you hear like the shooting and things like that I really don’t like,” said Carolyn Redondo, who is one of the many Miami Beach residents involved with beach crime.

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Miami Beach Commissioner Steve Meiner is hoping to help propose 10 new laws he believes will address the problem.

“Ninety-two percent of our City Attorney’s Office arrests have been dropped either by our City Attorney or by the court, so the actions are of no consequence. They were just literally fired,” Meiner said, adding that he wanted to end the revolving door of criminals in the area.

Part of this effort involves creating new legislation.

“Five other felonies for which our city prosecution team will be responsible, assault, criminal mischief, disposing of a firearm, indecent exposure, and trespassing.”

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In addition to the new laws, Meiner proposes creating a two-person city prosecutor’s team, which would cost about $165,000 a year, and several residents say they support it.

“I think there has to be some kind of balance between housing and tourism quality of life issues, and it can’t just be an ‘anything goes’ type city,” resident told Joseph Magazine.

But the commission was divided on many of the proposed 10 laws and voted against several of them, prompting Meiner to say he plans to review them again in the coming months.

“Charge can mean many things, it could mean jail, it could mean a rehabilitation program, it could mean parole. Anything but not this constant attachment and repeating.”

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The commission has approved legislation allowing them to hire the new prosecution team, but that effort will not come into effect until February.