Several more Broward Sheriff’s deputies were suspended without pay or fired Friday in the continuing aftermath of a Tamarac triple homicide, records show.
At least five Tamarac district deputies were placed on administrative leave without pay: Dia Cross, Daimeon Nelson, Eric Baide, Eric Klisiak, and Lemar Blackwood, according to notices of suspension or termination obtained by the South Florida Sun Sentinel. A sixth deputy who was on probationary status, Stephen Tapia, was terminated Friday “for failure to meet probationary standards.”
Tapia was a trainee riding with his trainer the day of the shooting, according to Dan Rakofsky, the president of the deputies and sergeants’ union, IUPA 6020. He and Blackwood were both listed in an incident report as personnel on scene the day of the shooting…