Broward County Deputies Vote ‘No Confidence’ In Sheriff

By Tom Knighton

Sheriff Scott Israel is not having a good 2018. First, Parkland happened on his watch. While his troubles weren’t crap to many people’s in that incident, it still wasn’t a good day.

Since then, he tried to blame the guns only to see it backfire in his face when stories surfaced about all the myriad of ways his department failed to prevent the attack despite the numerous opportunities they had to do something, anything, that might have changed the course of history. Time and again, he’s found himself at the center of a firestorm.

Now, deputies in his office added far more insult to injury when they gave the sheriff a vote of no confidence.

Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel has faced a firestorm of criticism in the wake of the February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida that left 17 students and teachers dead, and now he’s been officially rebuked by his own deputies. The Broward Sheriff’s Office Deputies Association announced last week they were calling for a “no-confidence” vote in Israel and today brought the results: an overwhelming 534 votes out of 628 against him.

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