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Broward County Sheriff’s Office loses state accreditation

By Regina Barton
Published July 1, 2019 11:06pm ET
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Broward County Sheriff’s Office loses state accreditation
Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony, center, announces that two additional deputies have been fired as a result of the agency's internal affairs investigation into the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, at the Broward Sheriff's Office headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Wednesday, June 26, 2019. Tony said deputies Edward Eason and Josh Stambaugh were fired Tuesday for their inaction following the Feb. 14, 2018 shooting. | (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

The Broward County Sheriff’s Office, one of the largest police departments in Florida, lost its state accreditation last week after it mishandled two mass shootings.

The Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditations voted unanimously to revoke the state accreditation of the Fort Lauderdale-based sheriff’s office. The commission cited the department’s inadequate response during the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland that killed 17 and the 2017 Fort Lauderdale airport shooting that killed five.

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