Suarez called Acevedo the "best chief in America" and told the Miami Herald it was "like getting the Tom Brady or the Michael Jordan of police chiefs." Over the past year, the 56-year-old Acevedo - who is a registered Republican - has drawn national spotlight for marching with protestors after the death of George Floyd and spoke out against former President Donald Trump while speaking at the Democratic National Convention. Acevedo reportedly wrote a letter to his officers announcing the move, according to the Houston Chronicle. “We have been through so much as an extended family,” he wrote. “Hurricane Harvey, two world series, a Super Bowl, Irma, the summer of protest, and most recently, an ice storm of epic proportion. On top of all this, we have sadly buried six of our fallen heroes.”