Tag: Broward Sheriff’s Office
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Ex-BSO deputy used immigrants for sex. Now he runs a justice center
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Ex-BSO deputy Jonathan Bleiweiss is back after 45 months in prison for using his badge and gun to coerce sex from seven vulnerable men. Today, he’s a self-styled champion of justice. -
Broward auditors looked, but found nothing wrong before the Port Everglades P-Card scandal broke
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Two years before the Port Everglades P-Card spending scandal blew up, the Broward County Auditor’s Office issued a reassuring report saying that it had reviewed P-Card transactions at the port and found nothing amiss. -
BSO hides long list of lawsuits filed against its costly new jail healthcare company
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The Broward Sheriff’s Office has refused to make public a list of federal and state lawsuits filed against its newly hired jail healthcare provider, citing a state law that protects trade secrets. -
As Broward sheriff shops for inmate healthcare, jail deaths haunt controversial contractor
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
For 14 years, the Broward Sheriff’s Office has paid Miami’s Armor Correctional Health Services hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to provide healthcare services for Broward‘s jail inmates. The money flowed despite accusations of substandard care, indifference, political intrigue, malpractice and at least 15 needless deaths since 2010. Today, BSO is again soliciting bids for a new multi-year contract and Armor wants the job. -
Strange case: BSO looking to buy rights to embarrassing lawsuit to quash it
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The Broward Sheriff’s Office is making a bizarre bid to squelch a disturbing lawsuit brought against it by a former employee by purchasing all rights to the lawsuit from a bankruptcy court trustee. -
As some judges balk at Broward’s new high-rise courthouse, BSO has security issues
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Broward’s juvenile delinquency judges have refused to move into the county’s new $276.4 million high-rise courthouse, while Broward Sheriff’s officials described the building as riddled with security issues, including a “serious escape risk.”
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