MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. (WSVN) - The Miami Gardens Police Department now has a new top cop.

Miami-Dade Police Division-Chief Delma Noel-Pratt has been named the new police chief in Miami Gardens.

She is the first woman to hold that job in the city.

Noel-Pratt has served in South Florida for nearly 25 years. She began her career as an officer in 1993.

Chief Pratt starts her new job on May 1.

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