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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 ]
Fort Myers Police Department in Fort Myers, Florida. This is a list of Law Enforcement Agencies in the state of Florida.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2018 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 373 law enforcement agencies employing 47,177 sworn police officers, about 222 for each 100,000 residents.
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.
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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.
A budget battle is underway between the Broward Sheriff’s Office and the county government — one in which the sheriff criticizes a county proposal as one that “jeopardizes” public safety.
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Israel was born in New York, raised in the Bronx and in Baldwin, Long Island, and is Jewish. [8] His father Maurice "Sonny" Israel (May 31, 1928 – June 1, 2006) fought in the Korean War as a US Marines sergeant (1950–1954), and was a New York City homicide detective and a Palm Beach Sheriff's Office deputy with a combined 44 years of service.