John Petri

Miami-Dade Police Department (Retired)

A native of Ohio, John Petri has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from Florida State University and a Masters of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Florida International University where he graduated Summa Cum Laude. During his graduate studies program John was a two term National President of Alpha Phi Sigma, the National Criminal Justice Honor Society. He is also retired from the United States Army as a Lieutenant Colonel.

John spent 30 years with the Miami-Dade Police Department. His assignments included uniform patrol and detective bureau. The last 20 years he served as a Police Sergeant supervising investigators in various units that handled cases involving organized crime, money laundering, murder conspiracy, racketeering, burglary, extortion, domestic violence, child abuse, and career offenders. He was also a state certified law enforcement instructor teaching career criminal and burglary investigations.

Randy Jones

Miami-Dade Police Department (Retired)

A Native Miamian, Randy Jones was drafted into the U.S. Army after high school and served a tour in Vietnam. After completing his military service, Randy joined the Miami-Dade Police Department and embarked on a career that spanned 35 years, the majority of which was as an investigator. Randy’s investigations included cases involving burglary, theft, fraud, kidnapping, prostitution, and worthless documents. In addition, he spent several years as an Arson investigator, working closely with the Miami-Dade Fire Department’s Arson Unit. 

In 1989, Randy was selected to help train and organize two surveillance teams for the newly formed Career Criminal Unit. The unit’s mission was to conduct covert surveillances of active career criminals in order to collect intelligence information and monitor these offenders as they traveled throughout the South Florida region. During Randy’s tenure, the unit received numerous accolades for their work that had resulted in numerous “in progress” felony arrests. In addition, the unit was lauded by many other local, state and federal law enforcement agencies with whom they worked. Randy brings a wealth of investigative experience as well as expertise in photographic documentation and surveillance techniques.