Coral Gables Police Chief Resigns
CORAL GABLES (CBSMiami) -- Coral Gables Police Chief Dennis Weiner resigned Wednesday.
Weiner announced his decision sometime in the afternoon.
His resignation comes just a day before city commissioners were scheduled to meet about a possible crime problem in the city.
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Weiner has been under fire from city commissioners and residents over what they say are questionable crime statistics from the Coral Gables Police Department after a string of high profile burglaries.
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He has been chief since March 2011. Before that he was the police chief in Juno Beach.
City Attorney Craig Leen said his resignation will take effect at 8:00 a.m on Thursday.
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