Press Release:
June 29, 2003
Miami new times
Re: Meger Miami-Dade County Public Safety Dept.
Dear Tristram Korten:
We would like to point out an inaccuracy in your recent news article regarding HACO.
First we would like to state that the Latino Officers Association Florida www.loafla.org
firmly supports Commissioner Martinez vision on a Miami-Dade Public Safety
Department.
Within the content of your article you stated ? and its rival Hispanic group, the Hispanic
Association of
Corrections Officers (now morphed into the United Correctional Officers Foundation ?
UCOF?)
this could not be further from the truth.
H.A.C.O, which was registered in Florida http://www.sunbiz.org/index.html under
Florida Non Profit.
HISPANIC ASSOCIATION OF CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS INC.
N93000004507
Registered Agent Rafael Negron
These officers are current members of the Latino Officers Association Florida Document
Number
N02000006250.
The Latino Officers Association founded in 1996 within the New York City Police
Department (NYPD)
has recently come to Florida. The mission of the L.O.A. is to promote tolerance toward
the understand of
the Latino culture in the Law Enforcement community and to create a strong bond
between the Latino
community and Florida police agencies. It also aggressively seeks to increase the number
of Latino Police
Officers in Florida. The L.O.A. is a non-profit organization.
We respectfully request a retraction to the above error.
Actions Speak Louder Than Words.
Respectfully,
Alexander Martinez
President LOA-FLA
P.O. Box 44-0581
Miami, Fl 33144