Miami-Dade Police Captain Killed in Car Crash, Fondly Remembered

The death of Miami-Dade Police Captain Tyrone White due to a car crash on Sunday, September 20, is being mourned not only by his colleagues but practically everyone who came to know him.

Tyrone White's death made national news because he was the father of one of New England Patriots' key players, running back James White, who did not play on Sunday night after hearing of his father's death.

The Miami-Dade Police Department remembers White as one of Miami-Dade's most senior and decorated Black officers. He was an influential mentor, according to Miami-Dade Lt. Steve Czyzewski, one of Norland High graduates, whom White influenced to become a police officer.

Czyzewski said that he could name about ten students from Norland who all became police officers as influenced by White.

Back when Tyrone White was still a young cop in the 1980s, he was assigned as a resource officer at Norland High. Despite his stern and physically imposing figure, he was popular among the students as he connected with them through sports.

White was a former college football player, and even when he had already joined the police force, he continued to play football.

Tyrone White had encouraged students to consider working in law enforcement at Norland's police explorers program.

As White climbed up the ranks, he continued to mentor the younger cops and pushed them to get promotions.

Miami-Dade Lt. Chuck Johnson of the Northside District said that for a lot of the minorities, they had looked up to White.

The 59-year-old White was declared dead at the scene in Broward County.

He and his wife, Lisa White, were on their 2014 Volkswagen Passat, his wife was driving, and was turning left onto Southwest 118th Avenue when they were struck by a white Subaru, which was traveling east.

Their vehicle hit a curb and flipped over. Lisa White is currently in critical condition after suffering life-threatening injuries.

The driver of the Subaru sustained minor injuries.

Miami-Dade Police Department Director Alfredo Ramirez tweeted that he was extremely saddened after learning of MDPD Captain Tyrone White's death.

Dave Bellitier, who oversaw an FBI team in charge of catching violent fugitives and had worked closely with White, who headed Miami-Dade's Special Victims Bureau, said that the law community is shaken with White's sudden death.

He said that White completely understood what is meant by being part of a team and having a great tactical team.

Bellitier added that not only would White provide him with his top guys, but he would even go the length of calling and asking how things were and if they needed anything else.

Despite running into trouble with the police department's internal affairs that cost him getting promoted to a higher rank, Lt. Johnson said that Tyrone White never bad-mouthed the Miami-Dade Police Department. He never said anything bad, and that he was the consummate professional.

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