It’s beginning to look like the Broward County Commission has had enough of controversial Sheriff Gregory Tony and it’s taking active steps aimed at dismantling large chunks of his Broward Sheriff’s Office.
On the agenda for the commission’s next meeting on Tuesday, April 14, is a motion to direct County Administrator Monica Cepero “to outline the process necessary to bring the Broward County Department of Fire Rescue” – contracted out to BSO since 2003 – “back under the operational control of Broward County…”
Such a move would immediately pull more than 890 BSO fire rescue and emergency services personnel out from under the sheriff’s control and eliminate about $220 million in revenues that BSO’s budget projections for fiscal year 2025-2026 say it collects for those services. (The accuracy of the sheriff’s budget numbers, however, are questionable. In February, Florida Bulldog found tens of millions of dollars in budget discrepancies when comparing BSO’s Department of Fire Rescue’s actual revenues for 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 to the detailed expense pages for contracted services provided to eight municipalities, Port Everglades and the aviation rescue unit.)…