Broward Sheriff's Office

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.

Broward Public Defender Gordon Weekes continues his push for federal help for providing services for scores of mentally ill inmates in Broward jails. The sheriff's office says it isn't needed.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is asking a judge to suspend Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony's law enforcement certification for six months, saying he broke public trust by not accurately filling out driver's license applications.

Gregory LaCerra alleges that BSO Sheriff Gregory Tony used him as an example of a "bad cop" in an ad during his 2020 election campaign for sheriff, despite knowing that the officer was in compliance with the department's use of force policy.

The group has been pushing the sheriff to refer more people to the adult civil citation program instead of arresting them for nonviolent misdemeanors.

Since 2021, 21 people have died in Broward County jails. Now organizations are calling for outside oversight.

Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony Tells WLRN what he thinks can resolve the issues that county jails are facing.

Federal prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney's Office in South Florida announced charges Thursday against 17 BSO employees, saying they defrauded the federal government out of about $500,000.