

Relationships New York Herald clipping, Pilot Openly Gay Captain Appointed By Karen Mitchell Staff Writer Captain Ray Holt was just appointed as the first openly gay homosexual active police captain in New York City. However, they confessed they still had feelings for each other in The Lake House and get back together in Game of Boyles, remarrying in Renewal. In The Good Ones, Holt was revealed to have separated with Kevin in 2020. However, after finding out Rosa broke up with Jocelyn, he throws the competition along with Rosa, and they are last seen sitting at the bar listening to death metal music. In The Jimmy Jab Games II, Holt competes with Rosa in the competition to win the day off so he can spend it with Kevin. In Pimemento, Holt is with the squad (minus Jake and Charles) in a Workplace Conflict Seminar. In Captain Kim, Holt is invited to Julie Kim's house and is with the squad at the party. In Manhunter, Holt adjusts to his new position as a uniformed officer and is put on a case with Jake and Charles as his superiors. Jeffords being allowed to stay at the Nine-Nine because Wuntch is Captain Holt's nemesis and would be unlikely to do him that favor without taking something in return).

(It could be assumed that this temporary change was in return for Lt. Wuntch demotes Holt after finding out that he was promoted to detective without having served the correct amount of time as a regular officer beforehand. In The Suicide Squad, Holt appears to be serving a temporary sentence as a low-ranking patrolman by order of acting-Commissioner Wuntch. Through a spectacular show of knowledge on Amy's part, they manage to arrive just in time for Holt's interview. Jake, however, convinces him to go for it nonetheless and work out the problem with Murphy as a team. He is afraid of what he would demand once Holt is in such a high position. In 99, he is considered for promotion to the position of Commissioner, which he tries to sabotage because his secret dealing with gangster Seamus Murphy compromised him. In The Oolong Slayer, Jake Peralta bribes Chief Garmin into bringing him back to the 99th Precinct. He is later made to wear the suit by Wuntch. In New Captain, Holt's first duty is overseeing that the new mascot for NYPD gets named. Terry Jeffords, Holt resolved to curtail some of Peralta's more childish habits, making him a better detective in the process and helping him become more mature, thereby making the 99th even better.Īt the end of Johnny and Dora, he announces he is leaving the Nine-Nine, taking Gina along with him to fulfill his promotion. Holt immediately made his presence felt on his first day by taking the brash Detective Jake Peralta down a peg and issuing new directives to restore some professionalism in the precinct. Holt got his long-time wish in 2013 when he was promoted to Captain and assigned to Brooklyn's 99th Precinct following the retirement of Capt. The Disco Strangler), Holt spent eight unhappy years in the public affairs office all the while fighting to become eligible for a command of his own. In addition to decades of police work, during which time he arrested over six hundred people and caught a number of very high profile criminals (e.g. As a black, gay police officer, Holt experienced an avalanche of discrimination, profiling, homophobia, and slander for many years but fought through it all anyway with his head held high and even went on to marry Kevin Cozner, a classics professor. When Holt grew up, he went on to join the NYPD around 1977 and was promoted to detective after 1 month. Very little else has been revealed about his upbringing however, he does reveal that when he was seven years old, he would sneak into his father's study and peek at his father's antiqued globes as a substitute for playing with toys. An introverted child, Holt largely kept to himself and developed a personality similar to that of his mother. He is from Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in an upper-middle-class household with his sister Debbie, his mother Laverne Holt-a judge on the ninth circuit court-and his unnamed father. Holt's age and birthday have never been established but he is described by Det. Physical Appearance Personality Biography
