Rosie Cordero-Stutz will be the first person in decades Tuesday to be sworn in as Miami-Dade County sheriff.
The ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. at the Miami Dade College School of Justice.
After years of county policing being in the hands of the mayor, voters decided in 2018 to reinstate the office.
Additionally, Cordero-Stutz confirmed to Local 10 News after her election win that with the new office will come a new name: The Miami-Dade Police Department will become the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office.
From patrol unit decals to uniforms and business cards, there will be a taxpayer cost to the transformation. Cordero-Stutz said she’s still tabulating the figures.
Cordero-Stutz was endorsed by President-elect Donald Trump during her campaign.
The Republican candidate brought in 56% of the vote over her opponent, Democrat James Reyes.
“First and foremost is ensuring that we have the right budget to serve this community from day one,” she said after her win.
Cordero-Stutz, who most recently served as the Assistant Director of Investigative Services at the Miami-Dade Police Department, began her career at MDPD as a police officer nearly 30 years ago, working her way up from a patrol officer and working on everything from robbery cases to homicides.
“Ultimately, this community recognized that experience matters,” she said when asked why she thinks the voters chose her.
First on the list for Cordero-Stutz as she takes on her new role is putting more uniformed officers on the street, tackling corruption among elected leaders, and restructuring and expanding Miami-Dade’s Traffic Unit.
“One of the things I really want to do is make sure that I will make good on those promises,” she said last year.