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Congratulations to Sergeant Jesus Rodriguez, recipient of the City of Coral Gables “Officer of the Month Award,” for the month of December 2020.
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On December 30th, 2020, at approximately 12:07 AM, Sergeant Jesus Rodriguez (ID #8456) was working an off-regular-duty security detail inside the gated Gables Estates community when G4S Security officers notified him that two suspicious (2) black males, wearing hoodies and dark colored pants were observed on their live-feed closed circuit television (CCTV) surveillance camera system. The suspicious males appeared to be looking at high-end luxury vehicles parked in the private residential driveways along the 300 block of Arvida Parkway.
Sergeant Rodriguez immediately became concerned and advised all on-duty uniform patrol units over the Police Main radio channel what the G4S Security officers had told him and requested Dispatch to send additional units to saturate the area. Several units responded and began saturating the area where the suspicious males were last seen as Sergeant Rodriguez remained with G4S Security to monitor the live-feed CCTV system and relay any new or critical information to the uniform patrol units who were looking for the suspicious males.
At approximately 12 :45 AM, two (2) G4S Security officers went to make sure 280 Arvida Parkway was secure because the homeowner was out of town. Upon entering the backyard, they encountered one of the suspicious males hiding in the bushes. The G4S Security officers advised over their radios that they had the male detained at gunpoint and requested police assistance. Upon hearing this, Sergeant Rodriguez immediately advised Dispatch to send any available patrol units to assist the G4S Security officers on a "3". Several responded an placed the male into custody without incident. Miranda was read and the male admitted that he had been dropped off on Old Cutler Road with another black male, who was wearing all black clothes.
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