Broward County is a county in Florida,United States,located in the Miami metropolitan area. It is Florida's second-most populous county after Miami-Dade County and the 17th-most populous in the United States,with 1,944,375 residents as of the 2020 census. Its county seat and most populous city is Fort Lauderdale,which had a population of 182,760 as of 2020. The county is part of the South Florida region of the state.
Fort Lauderdale is a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Florida,30 miles (48 km) north of Miami along the Atlantic Ocean. It is the county seat of and most populous city in Broward County with a population of 182,760 at the 2020 census,making it the tenth-most populous city in Florida. After Miami and Hialeah,Fort Lauderdale is the third-most populous city in the Miami metropolitan area,which had a population of 6,166,488 in 2019.
Sea Ranch Lakes is a village in Broward County,Florida,United States. The village is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. It is located on North Ocean Drive and is surrounded by Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. The majority of the village is a gated community,with the remainder being a public shopping plaza and a private beach club for village residents,with a pool and access to Sea Ranch Lakes Beach. The population was 540 at the 2020 census.
The International Union of Police Associations (IUPA) is a North American police union,and is chartered as a national union that represents law enforcement and support personnel with the AFL–CIO.
The Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD),formerly known as the Dade County Sheriff's Office (1836–1957),Dade County Public Safety Department (1957–1981),and the Metro-Dade Police Department (1981–1997),is a law enforcement agency serving Miami-Dade County. The MDPD has approximately 4,900 employees,making it the largest police department in the southeastern United States and the eighth largest in the country. The department is still often referred by its former name,the Metro-Dade Police or simply Metro.
Kenneth C. Jenne II is a former Democratic member of the Florida State Senate and a former sheriff of Broward County,which encompasses Fort Lauderdale. He resigned as sheriff in September 2007,after having pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion and mail fraud. On November 16,2007,he was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison.
The Broward County Sheriff's Office (BSO) is a public safety organization with 5,400 employees,it is the largest sheriff's office in the state of Florida. Sheriff Gregory Tony heads the agency.
Sheriffs In the United States are the chief of law enforcement officers of a county. Sheriffs are usually either elected by the populace or appointed by an elected body.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) is a state-wide investigative law enforcement agency within the state of Florida. The department formally coordinates eight boards,councils,and commissions. FDLE's duties,responsibilities,and procedures are mandated through Chapter 943,Florida Statutes,and Chapter 11,Florida Administrative Code. FDLE is headed by a commissioner who reports to the Florida Cabinet,which is composed of the governor,the attorney general,the chief financial officer,and the commissioner of agriculture. The commissioner is appointed to his position by the governor and cabinet and confirmed by the Florida Senate.
John P. Seiler is an American politician and 41st Mayor of Fort Lauderdale,Florida. Prior to this he was a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives,from 2000 to 2008 representing District 92 which is located in Broward County,Florida.
Retired Lt. David J. Green. Dave served in the US Navy for four years in the Pacific. Lt. David Green became a police officer in 1960 with Metro Dade Police in Miami. He was a Special Agent Supervisor with Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE),a Lieutenant with the Broward County Sheriffs Office,and finally,a Deputy with the Larimer County Sheriffs Office in Ft. Collins CO.
Scott W. Rothstein is an American disbarred lawyer,convicted felon,and the former managing shareholder,chairman,and chief executive officer of the now-defunct Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler law firm. He funded an extravagant lifestyle with a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme,one of the largest such in history.
Bob Norman is a journalist in South Florida who serves as the news director for the Florida Center for Government Accountability and as contributing writer for Columbia Journalism Review. He previously worked at WPLG-Channel 10 beginning in 2011 as an on-air investigative reporter. Norman worked for several years as a weekly newspaper and online columnist. He broke the corruption story of $1 billion Ponzi scheme operator Scott Rothstein's October 27,2009 flight to Morocco under suspicious circumstances. Rothstein,who returned to face inquiries,is a former Fort Lauderdale attorney investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and arrested on 1 December 2009. In 2008 Bob Norman reported an unusual circumstance following the murder of Melissa Britt Lewis,employee of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler (RRA) law firm,wherein the prosecuting attorney in the Lewis murder case came to work with RRA two months after the murder. Rothstein has not been connected to the murder,however murder victim Ms. Lewis had been close to Debra Villegas,RRA Chief Operating Officer,whose husband Tony Villegas was identified as the murderer by the City of Plantation Police represented by Scott Rothstein.
Police Women of Broward County is the first of TLC's Police Women reality documentary series,which follows four female members of the Broward County Sheriff's Office (BSO) in Broward County,Florida.
The 2010 Florida Attorney General election took place on November 2,2010,to elect the Attorney General of Florida. Incumbent Attorney General Bill McCollum opted to run for run for Governor rather than seek reelection. The election was won by Republican Pam Bondi,a former assistant state attorney for Hillsborough County,who defeated Democrat Dan Gelber by a 54.8% to 41.1% margin. Bondi took office in January 2011.
Gregory Scott Tony is an American law enforcement officer and serving since 2019 as the 17th Sheriff of Broward County,Florida.
On January 6,2017,a mass shooting occurred at Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport in Broward County,Florida,United States,near the baggage claim in Terminal 2. Five people were killed while six others were injured in the shooting. About 36 people sustained injuries in the ensuing panic. Esteban Santiago-Ruiz,who flew in to the airport from Alaska and committed the shooting with a Walther PPS 9mm semi-automatic pistol,was taken into custody by a Broward County Sheriff's Office (BSO) deputy within 85 seconds after he started shooting. The shooting from start to finish lasted 70–80 seconds. Santiago was later diagnosed with schizophrenia and pleaded guilty to avoid possible execution. On August 17,2018,Santiago was sentenced to five consecutive life sentences plus 120 years in prison.
The Parkland high school shooting was a mass shooting that occurred on February 14,2018,when 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz opened fire on students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the Miami metropolitan area city of Parkland,Florida,killing 17 people and injuring 17 others. Cruz,a former student at the school,fled the scene on foot by blending in with other students and was arrested without incident approximately one hour and twenty minutes later in nearby Coral Springs. Police and prosecutors investigated "a pattern of disciplinary issues and unnerving behavior".
Scott Israel is an American law enforcement officer in Florida,and the former Broward County Sheriff.
Brenda Calhoun Snipes was an American public official who was the Supervisor of Elections for Broward County,Florida. She was appointed by Governor Jeb Bush in 2003. Snipes was registered as a Democrat.
