Tony Monheim
Tony Monheim retired from the
Miami-Dade Police Department in 2004, after a distinguished, 30 year
career. He was assigned to the Homicide Bureau as a squad supervisor
during the final 12 years of his tenure. Prior to that, he spent 16 years
in the Robbery Bureau as both an investigator and a supervisor. He has
been personally responsible for scores of Police Officer Involved Shooting
investigations and hundreds of Homicide / Death investigations.
In 2001, Attorney General John Ashcroft presented Tony with the United
States Department of Justice’s, Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Award.
This award was conferred in recognition of an intensive four-year
investigation that targeted two warring drug gangs who were responsible
for over 40 murders. At the conclusion of the investigation, 22 defendants
were indicted federally. Included in the indictments were 31 previously
unsolved murders. All defendants were found guilty during an 11 week jury
trial and received lengthy Federal prison terms, ranging from 30 years to
life.
Tony began teaching criminal investigation courses in 1985. He has taught
Homicide, Robbery, and Police Officer Involved Shooting seminars for the
International Association of Chief’s of Police (IACP), the Southeast
Florida Institute of Criminal Justice, the Miami-Dade Police Department’s
training bureau, DEA, ATF, FDLE (Florida Department of Law Enforcement),
and the Southern Police Institute (SPI). He has also been featured on
several training tapes produced by the Law Enforcement Training Network
(LETN) and has served as a guest lecturer at the prestigious University of
Miami Law School. Several of his cases have been presented on America’s
Most Wanted, Inside Edition, Court TV, and the Discovery Channel.
Tony holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration from St. Thomas of
Villanova University and a Bachelor’s Degree from Western Illinois
University. He has been afforded expert witness status in both Federal and
State (Florida) court regarding homicide investigative procedures.