Tony Monheim retired from the Miami-Dade Police Department in 2004, after a distinguished, 30 year career. He was assigned to the Homicide Bureau as a squad supervisor during the final 12 years of his tenure. Prior to that, he spent 16 years in the Robbery Bureau as both an investigator and a supervisor. He has been personally responsible for scores of Police Officer Involved Shooting investigations and hundreds of Homicide / Death investigations.

In 2001, Attorney General John Ashcroft presented Tony with the United States Department of Justice’s, Outstanding Contributions in Law Enforcement Award. This award was conferred in recognition of an intensive four-year investigation that targeted two warring drug gangs who were responsible for over 40 murders. At the conclusion of the investigation, 22 defendants were indicted federally. Included in the indictments were 31 previously unsolved murders. All defendants were found guilty during an 11 week jury trial and received lengthy Federal prison terms, ranging from 30 years to life.

Tony began teaching criminal investigation courses in 1985. He has taught Homicide, Robbery, and Police Officer Involved Shooting seminars for the International Association of Chief’s of Police (IACP), the Southeast Florida Institute of Criminal Justice, the Miami-Dade Police Department’s training bureau, DEA, ATF, FDLE (Florida Department of Law Enforcement), and the Southern Police Institute (SPI). He has also been featured on several training tapes produced by the Law Enforcement Training Network (LETN) and has served as a guest lecturer at the prestigious University of Miami Law School. Several of his cases have been presented on America’s Most Wanted, Inside Edition, Court TV, and the Discovery Channel.

Tony holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration from St. Thomas of Villanova University and a Bachelor’s Degree from Western Illinois University, where he was a standout Rugby player. He has been afforded expert witness status in both Federal and State (Florida) court regarding homicide investigative procedures.

In 2006, Tony returned to the Miami-Dade Homicide Bureau and was assigned to the Cold Case Squad as a consultant hired to evaluate the over two-thousand unsolved murders in the Bureau's archives.

 

 

Chief Russell Fischer 

Chief Russell Fischer has been employed by the Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD) for 32 years.  He joined the MDPD in 1975 and was promoted through all the civil service ranks presently holding the rank of Division Chief.  He has diverse experience in police management, investigations and operations to include command assignments in the Robbery Bureau, Northwest District and City of Miami Lakes as well as having served as the Police Captain of the Professional Compliance Bureau, Narcotics Bureau and Economic Crimes Bureau.

Since his appointment as Chief in 2004, Chief Fischer’s responsibilities have included commanding employees assigned to Miami International Airport , Police Operations Bureau ( Port of Miami and Transit), Community Affairs Bureau, Warrants Bureau, Court Services Bureau and Special Patrol Bureau. Chief Fischer presently commands Criminal Investigations, responsible for all Departmental investigations that involve the Homicide (Officer Involved Shootings and In Custody deaths), Robbery, Sex Crimes and Domestic Crimes Bureaus.  Chief Fischer until recently served as the Incident Commander for Super Bowl XLI and was the Department Hurricane Coordinator.

 He holds a Master of Science Degree in Management and a Master of Public Administration Degree from the University of Miami .  Chief Fischer is also a graduate of the FBI National Academy .  He has authored articles for the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin (LEB) and Police Chief Magazine (IACP) and provided instruction in a variety of topical areas for the International Association of Chiefs of Police and instructed at the Metropolitan Police Institute in Miami and Miami-Dade College .

Chief Fischer teaches Conducting Police Officer Involved Shooting Investigations for HomicideTraining.com.

 

 

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