DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. — Deerfield Beach may be moving even closer to severing its long-standing ties with the Broward Sheriff’s Office for its police and fire service.
The city could potentially reconstitute the Deerfield Beach Police Department, which folded into BSO in 1990. BSO has contracts to patrol several cities in the county in lieu of a municipal police department, including Oakland Park, Tamarac and neighboring Pompano Beach.
BSO was a major topic during the Deerfield Beach City Commission meeting Monday night, with contract negotiations dominating the discussion. The debate has been ongoing for months and has grown heated…