Tag: Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

Joe HendersonJanuary 13, 2019
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Gov. Ron DeSantis did the right thing by suspending Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel. As much as the soon-to-be-former Sheriff might argue otherwise, a massacre of innocents happened on his watch and it was obvious his department wasn’t ready to respond. Seventeen people were murdered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. That was 11 months […]

Scott PowersJanuary 3, 2019
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The transition committee advising Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis on school safety raised concerns Thursday about clashing cultures of law enforcement, mental health professionals and educators, and argued that state officials must force changes in mindsets. Several members of DeSantis’ Transition Advisory Committee on Public Safety and state staff members advising the panel made stark assessments Thursday of progress made […]

Scott PowersDecember 26, 2018
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Under harsh criticism from politicians and the state commission investigating the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre last February, Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel released a letter to the commission Wednesday outlining policy changes in his department, including one that deputies “shall” immediately intervene. Israel’s letter to Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, chair of the Marjory […]


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