Daniel Oates

Here are some of this week’s top stories from the NBC 6 Weekend Digest:

Miami Beach Police Chief Daniel Oates will be retiring in June, he announced Friday.

A suspect who police said led officers on a chase in a stolen car that led to a fatal crash involving a Miami Beach cop has been arrested, officials said.

Miami Beach is adding dozens of additional officers this upcoming weekend as the city will be cracking down on out of control spring breakers.

The Miami Beach Police Department is now reversing a policy concerning college students spending their spring break in South Florida.

Florida’s governor has ordered state troopers to increase patrols at religious institutions statewide in the wake of a mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue.

Jason Bruder, who has spent the last 13 years with the department, has been on paid leave since a July 15th investigation into allegations that he stored certain items in a locker under his exclusive control.

Miami Beach city commissioners have approved a measure to have police officers stationed at all public schools in the city by the start of the next school year.

Classrooms across the country are still trying to return to a sense of normalcy nearly one month since a gunman killed 17 people at South Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. NBC News created a questionnaire to gauge from teachers what’s changed for them since the shooting and how their students are handling it. Their answers reflected a deep sense...

Tiffany Fantasia, a famous drag queen who also works in South Beach’s popular Palace Bar, was mistakenly detained by Miami Beach Police officers searching for a suspect who punched a woman.

Miami Beach police have arrested a man who they say was impersonating the department’s public information officer on social media.

Police officers captured a large snake that was found on Lincoln Road on Miami Beach Wednesday.

Miami Beach Police officials are evaluating their security measures on Lincoln Road and other high-volume pedestrian areas in the wake of Thursday’s deadly van attack in Barcelona.

The Miami Beach Police Department has a new item in their toolbox for justice: rapid DNA technology.

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Police are investigating a road rage incident that led to a hit-and-run crash in Miami Beach that was caught on camera.

Two police detectives were shot in an ambush-style attack in northwest Miami-Dade Monday evening.

Florida’s medical marijuana amendment passed with huge margins in November but how lawmakers will implement it is sparking concern, especially among South Florida law enforcement and school officials.

Crime is up on Miami Beach, specifically on South beach and not by much, a little more than two percent, but it’s noticeable and it has the attention of police and the city.