MIAMI – Miami-Dade Police Director Alfredo “Freddy” Ramirez will return to the section subsequent his medical depart in a new job, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava announced Wednesday.
Ramirez will serve as Senior Advisor for Policing and Transition, centered on preparing MDPD for the changeover to an elected sheriff.
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The mayor said Ramirez will begin his new function on January 23, 2024, on subsequent his clinical clearance.
The mayor explained other leadership alterations will go into impact Monday, November 13.
The transfer is component of new variations announced by the mayor Wednesday in community security leadership within just the senior workers at the Office of the Mayor, as well as within just the Miami-Dade Police Office and the Corrections and Rehabilitation Department.
“Very little is much more significant than the security of our inhabitants and site visitors, and I’m grateful to be surrounded by an remarkable group of public basic safety professionals devoted to safeguarding and serving Miami-Dade,” explained Mayor Levine Cava. “This new public security leadership team will assure we are leaning on long-time expertise in our departments although also elevating confirmed leaders – and I’m especially very pleased that for the very first time in Miami-Dade’s heritage we will have Black girls at the helm of both of those our Miami-Dade Law enforcement Section and Corrections Section. At the same time, we are continuing to invest in potent preparations to make certain a seamless transition to an elected sheriff setting up in 2025.”
The complete leadership improvements are as follows:
Freddy Ramirez, former Main Community Protection Officer and MDPD Director, will return to the office as Senior Advisor for the Policing and Changeover. Main Ramirez has served Miami-Dade for 25+ many years in regulation enforcement, and in this new role will guidebook the section by means of the crucial transitional period of time in advance as MDPD proceeds to deliver great violence avoidance and general public protection products and services for our entire group.
James Reyes, Director of the Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Section, will just take on an expanded purpose as Chief of Community Basic safety overseeing the Miami-Dade Police Division, Miami-Dade Fireplace Rescue, and the Corrections Division. Since his appointment as MDCR Director in December 2022, Director Reyes has supplied a crucial leadership part ushering ahead substantially-desired kinds in just Corrections. As we continue to make excellent strides toward bringing the section into full and lasting compliance, he will choose on an expanded portfolio overseeing MDPD and MDFR whilst continuing to guideline the ongoing development in MDCR. Reyes joined Miami-Dade County immediately after a prolonged and effective job in public protection in Broward County, which include serving as the Executive Director of the Broward Sheriff’s Business Department of Administration and Director of the Broward Sheriff’s Office environment Office of Detention.
JD Patterson, at present serving as Interim Main Community Basic safety Officer, will become the Main of Preparedness and Forensics overseeing the Department of Unexpected emergency Management (DEM) and the Healthcare Examiner. Chief Patterson has more than 30 years of experience in law enforcement and is a veteran of the U.S. Air Drive, formerly serving as MDPD director from 2013 to 2016 and Assistant Police Chief for the City of Miami Gardens. After assisting effectively spearhead our vital development in MDCR, Main Patterson will now concentration on strengthening our crisis management functions although continuing to oversee the Medical Examiner department.
Stephanie Daniels, the Interim Director of the Miami-Dade Law enforcement Office, will develop into the everlasting director of MDPD – the 1st lady and initial Black woman to guide the agency. Daniels has dedicated the earlier 30 decades in assistance to her local community, becoming a member of MDPD in 1992 following serving both in the State Attorney’s Office environment and the Miami Police Department. In 2016 she manufactured record when she was appointed to the place of Assistant Director of the MDPD as the very first Black female to serve in this purpose, and has effectively led the section as Interim Director because July.
Christopher Carothers, currently serving as the Assistant Director in MDPD over Investigative Solutions, will be promoted to Deputy Director as Director Daniels takes on her new purpose. Deputy Director Carothers has served the department for 27 many years and in his new role, functioning along with the new Director and total MDPD leadership group, will guarantee MDPD proceeds to be a design department for the nation.
Sherea Eco-friendly, Deputy Director in the Corrections Division, will turn out to be the new long-lasting director of MDCR. Director Green joined MDCR previously this calendar year right after a two-a long time very long occupation in the Broward Sheriff’s Place of work (BSO). She started off her vocation in corrections as a typist in 1993 and rose via the ranks in the BSO, eventually attaining the rank of Assistant Director/Significant. She has played an instrumental function in assisting MDCR to achieve substantial compliance with the consent decree over the final a number of months, and as Director will make certain the Department proceeds its forward development toward lasting reform.
