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Thrillist
March 20, 2018
People like to poke fun at Florida, but over the past month, the most impressive political movement ever put forth by a group of high school students has come straight out of Broward County. After the tragic February 14 shooting at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 people,Ãâà...
WPLG Local 10
March 20, 2018
PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. - Ben Mendez was painting outside of the Broward Sheriff's Office substation in Pembroke Park when he heard a loud crash Monday. A Toyota Camry crossed a small garden, crashed through a window and into the government building at 3201 W. Hallandale Beach Blvd. WhenÃâà...
Orlando Weekly (blog)
March 17, 2018
If the county's board members were to actually make such a striking move, they'd almost certainly find themselves in Florida's legal crosshairs, since state law bars local officials from enacting their own gun measures. You know, for the sake of freedom and liberty and less regulation and all the other thinlyÃâà...
Sun Sentinel
March 17, 2018
A Broward County judge on Friday issued the state's first order temporarily removing guns from a person under Florida's new gun-control laws. Four firearms and 267 rounds of ammunition were ordered removed from a 56-year-old Lighthouse Point man who was determined to be a potential risk to himselfÃâà...
Sun Sentinel
March 8, 2018
If the board agrees to place a referendum on the November ballot and county voters were to approve it, the measure would apply only in the county — if it ... “Current Florida gun laws have removed the protective layer of innocence from our children's young lives and have allowed deranged individuals toÃâà...
CNN
March 7, 2018
Parkland, Florida (CNN) New documents obtained by CNN provide a glimpse into the Florida school shooter's life in the Broward County Jail. In observation reports from February 17 to 24, deputies described Nikolas Cruz's activities, demeanor and behavior. Throughout the week, Cruz was segregatedÃâà...
WPLG Local 10
March 7, 2018
One person was killed and 17 others were injured Tuesday afternoon in a crash on Alligator Alley in Broward County. Battalion Chief Michael Kane, ... Lt. Alvaro Feola, a spokesman for the Florida Highway Patrol, said the van was full of friends and family from Fort Lauderdale. They were returning homeÃâà...
Sun Sentinel
March 6, 2018
Activists protest in front of Kalashnikov USA, a gun manufacturer that makes an AK-47 rifle, on February 25, 2018 in Pompano Beach, Florida. The protesters were rallying for gun reform in light of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images).
WPLG Local 10
March 5, 2018
Preliminary evidence led detectives to believe that Pedro Torres killed his wife before fleeing to South Florida, according to a news release from the Indian River County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff Deryl Loar said the incident is domestic-related. Authorities have issued a "be on the lookout" alert for Torres, whoÃâà...
Chicago Tribune
March 3, 2018
A sheriff's office captain told deputies to form a perimeter instead of rushing into the Florida high school where 17 people were killed in a mass shooting, according to documents obtained by the Miami Herald. The newspaper reported late Thursday that it had obtained a partial Broward Sheriff's OfficeÃâà...
POLITICO Magazine
March 3, 2018
That said, he's a cop with a Broward County twist. He's the first Jewish sheriff in Florida history. He was outspoken about gun control long before Parkland, and he's emphasized diversity and progressive policing techniques like body cameras and a civil citation program for juveniles; the Florida SheriffsÃâà...
Naples Daily News
March 2, 2018
15, 2018 for a candlelight vigil in honor of the 17 victims of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. ... The Broward County Sheriff's Office, barraged with criticism that officers failed to act on tips and warnings before the Parkland shooting that killed 17, arrested aÃâà...
The Independent
February 28, 2018
The Broward County Sheriff's Office responded to nearly 50 calls about Nikolas Cruz or his brother in the 10 years before he allegedly opened fire on his former Florida high school, new records reportedly show. Call logs obtained from the sheriff's office show authorities received 45 calls relating to Mr CruzÃâà...
New York Times
February 24, 2018
24, 2018: The Broward County Sheriff's Office said it was investigating whether other deputies from the department did not go into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to engage the gunman. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The only armed sheriff's deputy at a Florida high school where 17 people wereÃâà...
Deadline
February 23, 2018
When those Coral Springs police entered the building, the four original Broward officers on scene did not join them, sources told CNN. It's unclear whether the shooter was still in the building when they arrived. One day earlier, Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel held a press conference at which heÃâà...
Sun Sentinel
February 22, 2018
Deputies guarding schools in Broward County will carry rifles, including AR-15s, under an order issued Wednesday by Broward Sheriff Scott Israel. Israel said the order applies only to deputies qualified on rifles and has the support of Broward schools Superintendent Robert Runcie after the ParklandÃâà...
Florida Today
February 14, 2018
New reports reveal alleged south Florida shooter Nikolas Cruz was actually on the FBI's radar, students joked he would quote “shoot up the school” one day, and his step-mom died of ... "It's a horrific, horrific day," Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said in a news conference in the hours after the shooting.
New York Times
December 31, 1999
A Florida prosecutor said Tuesday that he would seek the death penalty against the man accused of killing 17 people last month at a high school in Parkland, moving the state closer to a rare trial for someone charged in a mass shooting. Michael J. Satz, the state attorney for Broward County, made hisÃâà...
The New Yorker
December 31, 1999
Florida's House of Representatives has approved an investigation into how the Broward Sheriff's Office conducted itself before, during, and after the shooting at Stoneman Douglas. (The Broward County School Board, Broward County government, city of Coral Springs, and Palm Beach Sheriff's Office areÃâà...
CNN
December 31, 1999
Washington (CNN) As critics have taken aim at law enforcement for missing warning signs about South Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz, public records have emerged that conflict with Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel's statements about the number of times deputies were dispatched to the shooter'sÃâà...
New York Times
December 31, 1999
Scot Peterson, a former deputy with the Broward County sheriff's office, said in a statement released by his lawyer that he thought the gunfire originated from outside and reacted accordingly by waiting for the suspect there. The sheriff's office “trains its officers that in the event of outdoor gunfire one is to seekÃâà...
TIME
December 31, 1999
Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel is defending his department's handling of events leading up to and including the Feb. 14 high school shooting in Parkland, Florida that left 17 people dead. In an interview with NBC News' Kerry Sanders about a call his department received on Nov. 30 last year warningÃâà...
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