Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony lost the Battle for Deerfield Beach. Now, as the dismantling of BSO continues, he apparently believes it’s time for some guerilla tactics to try and regain the upper hand.
Once again, Tony is using taxpayer dollars to fund his mission, which seems all about frightening Deerfield residents into stampeding City Hall to change commissioners’ minds and retain BSO’s expensive police and fire services.
That isn’t likely to happen, of course. The commission voted 4-1 in January to cut ties to the sheriff’s office after 35 years and the city is now well on its way to re-establishing its own police and fire departments. Indeed, the city this month hired both a police chief, former Miami Beach Assistant Police Chief Daniel Morgalo, and a fire chief, Chantal Botting, a 25-year veteran of Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue, to lead it through the transition and beyond…