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Caribbean L 14 ife, MAY 14-20, 2021
NYPD Lieutenant, Edwin Raymond. Eurila Cave
NYPD Lt. Edwin Raymond
enters 40th CD race
By Nelson A. King
One would think that the field of candidates
vying to replace Haitian Councilman
Dr. Mathieu Eugene in June’s
Democratic Primary for the 40th Council
District in Brooklyn is crowded enough.
But Haitian American New York Police
Department (NYPD) Lieutenant, Edwin
Raymond is, clearly, unconcerned.
Raymond — the son of Haitian immigrants,
who was born, raised and still
resides in the East Flatbush section of
Brooklyn — told Caribbean Life recently
that he’s the best candidate to replace the
term-limited Eugene.
The police officer said he is running for
District 40 “for teachers that need more
resources, for hospitals that need more
funding and for communities that need
more opportunities, not over-policing.”
He said he is “dedicated to addressing
issues of over-policing, improving schools,
increasing affordable housing, supporting
small businesses and making quality
healthcare accessible.”
As an NYPD officer, Raymond said he
knows what needs to change “so that our
police force is accountable to all New Yorkers,”
stating that it “starts with increased
oversight from the City Council.”
Dedicating his early life to activism,
in 2014, Raymond, along with his childhood
friend, co-founded PLOT (Preparing
Leaders of Tomorrow), which serves vulnerable
youth by offering them mentors,
resources and support.
A year later, he became an advocate
for “Raise the Age,” an initiative that
reformed the practice of automatically
charging teenagers as adults no matter
how minor the offense they committed.
Raymond said he has always sought
out ways to advocate and strengthen the
communities that he has been a part of,
adding that he seeks to continue that
work in the 40th District.
He said he, along with 11 NYPD officers,
risked their lives to “blow the whistle
on harmful arrest quotas and racism
within the NYPD.”
Raymond said he is “no stranger to
speaking truth to power” and is determined
to be “a voice for the people of
Council District 40.”
Since his activism, he said has been
a fighter in not only dismantling the
“NYPD’s harmful policing practices but
overall institutions impacting marginalized
communities.”
He said h risked his livelihood through
exposing the NYPD and continuously
faced retaliation from upper management
because he “did not align with the corrupt
police force environment.
“This is why I understand the urgency
of transforming our police force and its
culture from City Hall,” Raymond said.
Through his time as a police officer, he
said he “experienced the ways District 40
has faced transit issues, food insecurity
and inequitable development,” disclosing
that he “gave true consideration about
running for City Council about two years
ago, where there was difficulty to make
monumental changes without direct City
Council involvement.”
With his main focus being criminal
justice and police reform, Raymond said
these reforms “can truly be implemented
by becoming the chairperson of the Public
Safety Committee.”
However, he said his work in being a
whistleblower is why he strives to be “a
vocal advocate in times when City Council
defers their judgement to the designated
council member.”
Raymond said his upper-management
skills from being a police lieutenant give
him “the insight of budgeting and a full
understanding of how to effectively manage
department budgets.”
He said he relays his time in law
enforcement to “fully propel the social
services, education and healthcare we
need, as well as using innovative programs
to build community.”
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