Miami-Dade Police Director Alfredo” Freddy” Ramirez has dropped out of the race for Miami-Dade sheriff, weeks after a suicide attempt that nearly took his life.
In an announcement on Wednesday, Ramirez announced his departure from the 2024 county sheriff’s race.
“My dedication to run for sheriff has at all times been about public security and persevering with my life’s work to maintain households protected. Earlier this 12 months, I filed to run for sheriff to assist and information a profitable transition to a sheriff’s workplace and make sure the mission and work ethic of the division was unchanged. That dedication and mission is stronger than ever- and whereas I cannot be a candidate for Sheriff in 2024, I sit up for working with the Mayor and stakeholders on a profitable and clean transition that places public security on the forefront of each choice,” he stated within the assertion.
“I recognize the neighborhood’s properly needs and assist over the previous few months and can stay targeted over the approaching weeks on my continued restoration.”
The 52-year-old Ramirez has been with the Miami-Dade Police Division for almost 30 years. It’s the biggest division within the southeastern U.S. and eighth largest within the nation. In Could, he introduced his intention to hunt election subsequent 12 months to the newly created position of sheriff, which is analogous to the police director place.
Particulars of the suicide try
The suicide try occurred again on July 23. Ramirez had been attending the Florida Sheriff’s Affiliation’s annual summer time convention at a Marriott lodge in Tampa. Ramirez left the lodge together with his spouse, Jody, and was driving south on Interstate 75 in Hillsborough when he pulled over and shot himself, in response to the Related Press.
Jody Ramirez frantically known as 911, and the police chief was rushed to a Tampa hospital, the place he underwent surgical procedure.
Hours earlier than the incident, Tampa police to the lodge the place a witness noticed a person and girl arguing exterior. The particular person known as 911 after they stated the person, later recognized as Ramirez, pointed a gun to his head.
Police arrived and questioned the couple, however no arrests had been made. Jody reportedly instructed the police that they had been “simply having a heated dialog,” which she remarked wasn’t uncommon after 30 years of marriage.
After being questioned, the couple left the lodge to return residence to Miami, in response to the police report. At about 8:30 p.m., Ramirez known as his boss, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, and provided his resignation.
“Freddy instructed me he had made a mistake, he was ready to resign,” the mayor recounted throughout a July 26 information convention. She stated Ramirez was “very remorseful” throughout their dialog, and that she instructed him to get residence safely and they might focus on it the following day. Someday after that, he shot himself, in response to the police transcript.
Earlier this month, the couple launched a joint statement saying “at no time was there even a touch of bodily aggression” between them.
The Miami-Dade Police Division introduced final week that Ramirez had been launched from the hospital and was residence recovering. Authorities beforehand stated Ramirez didn’t undergo mind harm however will probably lose his proper eye.
