Category: Broward Sheriff’s Office
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FDLE and Broward College disagree on who is responsible for controversial police training
By Karla Bowsher
BrowardBulldog.org
Teaching local police officers how best to do their duty is an important job. But no one seems to know who is responsible for vetting instructors or setting course work standards at Broward College’s Institute of Public Safety. -
Critics say Broward College teaches police to profile, discriminate against Muslims
By Karla Bowsher
BrowardBulldog.org
Broward College’s counterterrorism courses are supposed to teach Broward police officers how to protect citizens from terrorists. But critics say the college teaches discrimination instead. -
BSO’s boner: Inmate says five-day erection, impotence followed medication mistake
By William Gjebre
BrowardBulldog.org
A former Broward County Jail inmate says he became impotent after he was forced to swallow a powerful anti-psychotic drug he wasn’t prescribed, then suffered a painful erection for five days before nurses and jailers finally responded to his pleas for help. -
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Local governments feel the pain at the pump, turn to cash reserves and technology to save fuel
By Karla Bowsher
BrowardBulldog.org
Much like everyday drivers floored by soaring gas prices, Broward County governments with large vehicle fleets have been forced to dip into reserves to keep their cars, trucks and buses rolling. -
Deerfield Beach commissioner Sylvia Poitier agrees to surrender Wednesday on corruption charges
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Deerfield Beach Commissioner Sylvia Poitier has agreed to surrender at the Broward County Jail Wednesday to be arrested and booked for falsifying official records, Broward Bulldog has learned. -
Lauderdale Lakes scrambling to find $1.7 million missing from redevelopment coffers
By Buddy Nevins
BrowardBulldog.org
Already drowning in red ink and buried under past due bills, financially crippled Lauderdale Lakes is deeper in the hole after the discovery that $1.7 million is missing from the city’s redevelopment fund.
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