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The City of Opa-Locka was the vision of aviation pioneer, Glen Curtiss. Opa-locka is an urban community occupying 4.2 square miles in the North-Western area of Miami-Dade County, Florida. The city boundaries are as follows: on the North-NW 151st Street, on the South - N.W. 125th Street, on the East – NW 45th Avenue on the West. On May 14, 1926, Opa-locka was chartered as a town by twenty-eight registered voters.
The area was originally named by the Native Americans 'Opa-tisha-wocka-locka' meaning 'a big island covered with many trees and swamps' but the name was quickly shorten to Opa-locka. The City was developed based on the Arabian Nights theme which is evident by the large collection of Moorish architecture throughout the city and with street names like Sabur, Sultan, Ali Baba, Sharazad, Aladdin and Sesame. Mr. Curtiss and architect, Bernhardt Muller, built 105 buildings with an array of domes, minarets and outside staircases. By the time Mr. Curtiss completed his vision for Opa-locka he had built a self-contained city with a hotel, zoo park, golf course, archery club, swimming pool, airport, and train station.
The September 1926 hurricane badly damaged the City, destroying many of the structures, but the surviving Moorish style buildings continue to give Opa-locka its unique appearance. Opa-locka currently has twenty buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The U.S. Navy opened a base at the Opa-locka Airport shortly after the hurricane which allowed the City to thrive after the hurricane but the base closed in the 1950s. The City experienced a decline, and was labeled a 'struggling community' in South Florida. Despite the challenges, the City has regained the spirit it was founded with in 1926. Under the direction of Mayor Myra L. Taylor, city officials have vowed to turn the city around by focusing on crime prevention, cleaning up the city and maintaining financial stability. This drive has generated an increased sense of community, pride among Opa-locka residents and a major drop in crime. In keeping with that vow and to advance community pride, the city became the first community in the United States to commemorate the first African-American President of the United States by renaming a mile-long section of Perviz Avenue from Oriental Boulevard to Ali-Baba Avenue, Barack Obama Avenue on February 17, 2009.
In addition to the unique buildings, Opa-locka has a large general aviation airport, three parks, two lakes and a railroad station which is currently the tri-rail station. The City is comprised of a mixture of residential, commercial and industrial zones. Despite its limited resources, the City was the backdrop for the making of movies such as Texas Justice, Bad Boyz II and 2 Fast 2 Furious.
MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) – Fired from the Opa-locka police department five years ago, Officer Sergio Perez has been promoted to lieutenant and is now temporarily in charge of running its operations.
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Perez is one of two lieutenants sharing responsibilities to run the department.
READ MORE: Jackson Health To Expand COVID-19 Vaccination For Florida Residents Age 55 With Specific Medical ConditionsCBS4 news partner The Miami Herald reports that Perez was fired after being accused of taking part in a wrong-way chase on Interstate 95 that ended in a crash that killed four tourists from California.
Perez was reinstated in November 2015 after an arbitrator ruled the city’s probe was flawed, but the city fired him again when he returned to work.
READ MORE: University Of Florida Announces Plans For In-Person Graduation This SpringAfter Perez sued to get his job back, the city agreed to a settlement that included reinstating him. Perez’s union lawyer has said three witnesses independently confirmed that Perez never raced the wrong way down the highway, according to the Herald.
Perez got the new job after the city manager fired Opa-locka Police Chief James Dobson last week. Dobson’s attorney said the former police chief believes he was fired in part because he supported an officer who had ticketed the mayor’s cousin during a traffic stop.
City Manager John Pate said the ticketing of the mayor’s cousin had no bearing on Dobson’s termination. The firing came less than three months after an independent review determined the city’s police department was not able to respond to calls for service in a “professional manner.”
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