Category: Broward Sheriff’s Office
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Broward Sheriff Tony running again even as state ethics and police standards commissions push cases against him toward trial
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony hasn’t filed paperwork to run for re-election next year, but there’s no doubt now that he’s running – despite a mountain of bad news, including findings by two state commissions that there’s probable cause to believe that he’s lied repeatedly under oath. -
Scott Israel quits as Opa-locka police chief; Will he run for Broward sheriff again?
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Scott Israel is out as chief of the Opa-locka Police Department, with some speculation that he may be planning to run again for Broward sheriff. -
‘Justice’ reformer, ex-BSO deputy Bleiweiss avoids prison but must submit to sex-offender treatment
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Self-appointed justice reformer Jonathan Bleiweiss, credibly accused of molesting 25 men when he was a Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy, has shut down an attempt to send him back to prison for a long stretch. -
Broward’s unique bail reform policy avoids political pitfalls as it nears first anniversary
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Bail reform came to Broward last year crafted to allow poor people arrested for misdemeanors and non-violent third-degree felonies, but who pose no risk to the public, to get out of jail without having to post any cash. -
Broward’s killer sheriff faces twin probable cause findings of perjury as state dawdles and months roll by
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Over the summer, two different state agencies found probable cause to believe that Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony lied under oath for decades, including about his execution style slaying of a young man in Philadelphia when Tony was 14 years old. What’s been done about it? Nothing.
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