Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo resigning to lead the Miami department

CNN — Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo, who gained a national profile by criticizing President Donald Trump and marching with George Floyd protesters, has resigned to lead the Miami Police Department. It’s not about dominating, it’s about winning hearts and minds.” In 2019, Acevedo criticized Republican senators for not reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act and taking action against gun violence, asking them in emotional remarks to choose between the nation’s foremost gun lobby and “the children that are getting gunned down in this country every single day.” Acevedo is moving to a smaller department Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States with a population of 2.3 million. In a letter to the department that was provided to CNN, Acevedo said, “We have been through so much as an extended family; Hurricane Harvey, two World Series, a Super Bowl, Irma, the Summer of protests, and most recently, an ice storm of epic proportion.” “I was not looking for this opportunity when it arose, but with the end Mayor Turner’s final term in office fast approaching, and my strong desire to continue serving as a police officer, we decided the timing for this move was good,” Acevedo said in his letter to the Houston department. He was chief in Austin for 9 years Acevedo was 4 when he immigrated to the United States with his family in 1968, according to his biography on the Houston police department’s website.