Broward Sheriff's Office

The striking escalation includes accusations that Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony diverted money intended for first responder salaries to “preferred projects.” Tony's office called the claim an "after-the-fact" justification to cut their budget.

Broward leaders expressed their concerns with property tax reform, confusion over gun laws, and frustrations with law enforcement funding.

A federal appeals court this week sided with the Broward County Sheriff’s Office in a dispute with an insurance company about covering costs stemming from 60 lawsuits filed after the 2018 mass shooting at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Mary Gingles was killed by her estranged husband in February 2025. A year before her murder, Gingles repeatedly asked for help from the Broward Sheriff's Office — even telling them at one point, "He is planning to murder me." A report released by BSO details how officers failed to protect Gingles.

During a news conference Friday, Sheriff Gregory Tony told reporters the failures were twofold: deputies did not properly investigate multiple domestic violence complaints prior to the triple homicide and deputies violated active shooter policy by waiting too long to reach the shooter.

 In the middle of the Broward Sheriff Office’s ongoing dispute with the City of Deerfield Beach, another Broward city is taking umbrage with recent comments from the sheriff.

Negotiations have turned sour between Broward Sheriff's office and the City of Deerfield Beach. Both sides have traded barbs, including claims of misinformation and alleged threats of violence.

Several officers had already been suspended or fired over the incident, including the former head of BSO’s Tamarac division. Now seven more officers have been placed on administrative leave without pay and another has been fired.

Jemeriah Cooper, a former captain, had been demoted to deputy and reassigned to Port Everglades, after Mary Gingles, her father and a neighbor who tried to intervene were shot and killed by her estranged husband Nathan in front of her 4-year-old daughter in February.

Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony angrily announced Wednesday that seven deputies and detectives were being placed on administrative leave after reviewing their investigative actions in the case of a Lauderhill man who for months had threatened to kill his wife before being charged with her violent death and that of two others over the weekend.

Despite questions over the use of county funds to purchase helicopters, Broward Sheriff Tony Gregory has been granted an $84m budget increase for his department after months of heated discussions with city officials. Just two weeks ago, they were $70 million apart.

The commission had already committed to giving BSO's Gregory Tony $50 million more next year but he wants $120 million. BSO is the county's biggest agency.