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The Broward County Sheriff's Office (BSO) is a public safety organization with 5,400 employees, [2] it is the largest sheriff's office in the state of Florida. Sheriff Gregory Tony heads the agency. BSO was one of the United States' largest fully-accredited sheriff's offices before losing accreditation (by unanimous vote) in 2019. [ 4 ]
Gregory Scott Tony [2] (born 1978) is an American law enforcement officer and serving since 2019 as the 17th Sheriff of Broward County, Florida. Tony was initially appointed sheriff in 2019 by Florida governor Ron DeSantis, to fill a vacancy. In November 2020, Tony won election to the office of sheriff, which he had previously held by appointment.
Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony speaks during a news conference at the Broward Sheriff’s Office Public Safety Complex in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. 17 members of BSO have been ...
Scot Peterson is an American former sheriff's deputy who was involved in the events of the 2018 high school shooting incident at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the Broward suburban town of Parkland, Florida. At the time of the shooting, he was a Broward County Sheriff's Office deputy sheriff.
Tony, the BSO sheriff, said that the investigation began in late 2021 with a probe of a single deputy and evidence from that case led to an evaluation of the entire 5,500-employee agency.
On Aug. 10, two days before classes resumed, Broward Sheriff’s detectives received a tip from the FBI that the boy made a post on Snapchat that included a threat to commit a mass shooting at the ...
The county sheriff is a Florida constitutional officer and a part of the state judicial branch. [ 1 ] The sheriff has a duty to enforce both the Florida Constitution and Florida state laws and statutes , and to provide for the security, safety and well-being of its citizens.
He also had a pending trial for DUI damage to the property or person of another, according to the Broward County Sheriff's Office. Jail or Agency: Broward County Jails; State: Florida; Date arrested or booked: 3/22/2016; Date of death: 4/5/2016; Age at death: 54; Sources: Broward County Sheriff's Office