Two decades ago, the Broward Sheriff’s Office was rocked by a controversial police accountability system called Powertrac that authorities said put pressure on Broward Sheriff’s deputies to falsify crime reports to clear cases.
Last week, embattled Sheriff “Dr.” Gregory Tony sent a memo to his executive command staff announcing that he will soon implement a similar crime statistics measuring system called COMPSTAT.
“Effective May 1st, the Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO) will reinstitute full COMPSTAT quarterly evaluations for all Department of Law Enforcement (DLE), Department of Detention (DoD), Fire Rescue (FR), Department of Preparedness and Response (DPR) and Communications,’’ says the memo…