CTOs on the Move

Under the leadership of Sheriff Scott Israel, the Broward Sheriff`s Office (BSO) has roughly 5,500 employees, including more than 2,800 certified deputies and more 600 fire rescue professionals. BSO is the largest full-service, fully accredited public safety agency in the United States. BSO provides full-time law enforcement services in 14 Broward County cities and towns, and in all of Broward`s unincorporated areas, serving more than one-third of the county. In addition, BSO protects the Broward County Courthouse, the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Port Everglades, areas of the Everglades, and the county`s waterways. The Department of Law Enforcement, in addition to ...

Under the leadership of Sheriff Scott Israel, the Broward Sheriff`s Office (BSO) has roughly 5,500 employees, including more than 2,800 certified deputies and more 600 fire rescue professionals. BSO is the largest full-service, fully accredited public safety agency in the United States. BSO provides full-time law enforcement services in 14 Broward County cities and towns, and in all of Broward`s unincorporated areas, serving more than one-third of the county. In addition, BSO protects the Broward County Courthouse, the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Port Everglades, areas of the Everglades, and the county`s waterways. The Department of Law Enforcement, in addition to road patrol and other customary operations, administers special units including the Bomb Squad, the K-9 (canine) Unit, Crime Lab, VIPER Unit (targeting violent felons), School Resource Deputy Unit, and the Child Protective Investigations Section (CPIS). BSO`s Department of Detention and Community Programs administers the county`s five jails and its offender programs including Drug Court and County Probation. BSO also manages Broward County`s consolidated regional E911 emergency system for call intake and dispatch services for nearly all of Broward`s residents. The Department of Fire Rescue & Emergency Services provides fire suppression, fire protection, emergency medical services and educational programs for most unincorporated areas of Broward County and to several contracted municipalities in Broward County.

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