MIAMI – A new contender is jumping into the race for Miami-Dade County Sheriff in 2024.
Miami-Dade County Main of Community Basic safety James Reyes announced his candidacy.
Born in Cuba, Reyes’s father was at the time a political prisoner in advance of their relatives fled the island and observed a new household in Hialeah.
Reyes attended and graduated from John G. Dupuis Elementary, Palm Springs Middle, and Hialeah Substantial University, right before attending Barry University.
Before turning out to be the county’s public safety director, Reyes was with the Broward Sheriff’s Office for 22 yrs where by he “spearheading Broward County’s 1st Serious Time Crime Middle and the 1st Study, Improvement, and Instruction Heart in Broward Sheriff’s Place of work record,” in accordance to a marketing campaign assertion.
“As your elected sheriff, preserving our streets secure and shielding our neighborhood will go on to be my quantity one precedence,” explained Reyes in the assertion.
He joins a expanding list of contenders that include Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Joe Sanchez, longtime PBA President John Rivera, previous Miami-Dade law enforcement Key Ignacio “Iggy” Alvarez, and previous federal agent Susan Khoury.
At present, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava wields the electricity of sheriff in the county. Miami-Dade is the only county in Florida where by the mayor has twin obligation. In other counties, the sheriff is an independently elected position.
A constitutional modification essential that Miami-Dade elect a sheriff this 12 months. The county has not experienced an elected sheriff because 1966 when the position was eradicated as a result of a broad-ranging corruption scandal.
The most important election for the post is scheduled for Aug. 20, which will be adopted by the standard election on Nov. 5, 2024.
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