The City of Miami Beach Municipal Prosecution Team (which operates under the umbrella of the City Attorney’s Office) is exclusively responsible for prosecuting those criminal defendants solely charged with violating one (1) or more City ordinances, and without any accompanying State law (felony or misdemeanor) or County ordinance violation(s). The Municipal Prosecution Team oversees all aspects of its cases, from first appearance / bond hearings through discovery, pre-trial negotiations and court appearances, until each criminal case is concluded.
In order to adequately meet and address the challenges of case preparation and the prosecution of the volume of municipal ordinance offenders arrested by the Miami Beach Police Department, the City Commission previously authorized the expansion of the Municipal Prosecution Team to include two (2) full-time attorneys and one (1) weekend bond hearing attorney.
The goal of the Municipal Prosecution Team is to ensure that persons violating the City’s criminal ordinance are appropriately prosecuted in order to provide the City’s residents and visitors with a better quality of life and a safer Miami Beach. In effort to manage the recently expanded Municipal Court Program, there may be grant opportunities that can support expanded prosecutorial related endeavors.