Two Broward sheriff's deputies' backgrounds spotty

[win]

LEO wrote:

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You described exactly how most cops feel about the residents of Broward County, strange isnt it? Sad.....

Then get a real job PUNK

[Glad to be gone]

BSO is still paying catch up with Hollywood PD. Remember all their hiring scandals, incompetent or crooked cops they hired and still retain! Scarberry even promoted some of them to cull favor with the union. Where is the broward county PBA in all this mess? Look for them to come forward and defend the scum that got hired as they did in Hollywood. PBA thinks there is no such thing as a bad cop, only a bad adminstration. When you look at the careers of the union leaders you understand why they think that way. Al clean em all out now !

[stasa mo]

hollwood fl hires you first, if you have a "severely" tainted background..domestic violence, assault, drug abuse
remember the stories a few yrs back...they probably still are cops there...

[Lame As Usual]

The "we-inheritied-him-from-P ompano-Beach" defense doesn't cut it!

Any S.O. taking over a local agency should conduct a full, thorough, complete, detailed, comprehensive background investigation on E-V-E-R-Y employee they are considering hiring.

The reality is poor to non-existent leadership makes for a much different scenario. Sheriffs, many who love to feed their egos through 'Empire building'(think Ken Jenne), turn their backs on their responsibility to hire only professionals by agreeing to take everyone from the absorbed agency on board - most of the time with a cursory background check, or even more common, no background check at all.

The Sheriff typically does this for his own political interests - he doesn't get any "noise" in the system from the police unions, especially in election years, and that translates to less negative press for him and more votes.

The major problem in law enforcement today is not at the working cop level, but at the leadership level. Beginning with first line supervisors (usually Sergeants) who make things easy for themselves through their "I'm-their-buddy" mentality re: the officers they're supposed to supervise, and up through all ranks to the very top of the agency, most have abdicated their disciplinary responsibilities. Why? Because it is easier and less stressful, personally and professionally. Many agencies have allowed the norm to be leadership by the unions with their "we'll make life miserable for any supervisor we don't like" practices.

The chiefs and to a lesser extent, the sheriffs, go out of their way to avoid a union vote of no conficence, sometimes a career killer.

The city managers, whose careers are often tied to the success or failure of the police chief, compound the problem by not backing the chief on union and discipline matters, and by siding with the unions (see what the unions have done in Ft. Lauderdale where the city manager has attempted to harness their excesses)

Poor or no leadership has killed off professionalism in modern law enforcement. Professionalism has been replaced by greed, an unprecendented sense of entitlement, and a very vocal disdain by LEO's for the people they are sworn to serve (see a previous post by LEO for his take on "citizens")

Not sure it will ever get back to where it should be as a profession. Integrity and ethics in law enforcement leadership seem to have gone the way of the buggy whip. Isn't that right, Ric?

[x bso]

Unfortunately this is what happens when you contract with city police departments. Jenne wanted more and more and to be bigger and bigger, so he aggressively went after cities to join BSO. He promised the police departments everything, including such things as no background checks on current cops. BSO had to take everyone including the garbage. Remember Kathy Willets? Her husband was an original Tamarac officer who came over in the merger, they tried to fire him in the past as well. The good news is some very, very fine people did come over in these mergers. Also, BSO does have some very tough hiring procedures, but in their haste to " put bodies on the street " they decided maybe it is best to stop looking deep into backgrounds, we may not want the answers. The question for the Sentinel, instead of half-arse reporting, what % of applicants fail background checks, this will tell you something other then criticizing hiring practices without proof .

[Drive By]

backgroundinvestigator wrote:

Fort Lauderdale P.D. will be following in B.S.O.'s footsteps. Their pay and benefits package is so poor in comparison with neighboring agencies that they are scraping the bottom of the barrel just to get bodies into uniforms. Things will be fine for a year or so. Then the uniformed criminals and incompetents will come out, and look out, here comes tragedy, crimes, and lawsuits.

As of Oct. 1 Fort Lauderdale police will average $70,000. plus benifits. What planet are you living on?

[unfortunately it happens]

UNFORTUNATELY, SOME COPS DO GO BAD AND 99.9% are happy when they get busted.

Some cops go bad for the power and money, others for the thrill and some because they develop that deadly attitude of I won't get caught and I'm doing this because it's right for me.

We've seen that mentality in the last few undercover stings. Glad they still work and 2 more stupid morons got arrested.

If you really think about your own job, can you picture who YOU work with doing something similar? Like the AC guy who can give you a new unit for half the cost, but it has to be paid in cash and you have to be quiet about it. They come back after hours and do the job without their employer knowing about it..hmmmmmm wonder where that "HOT AC UNIT CAME FROM?"

Yeah just one example of thesneaky things that workers do. How many work in dept stores and throw out merchandise that's allegedly broken or trash in the trash, only to have a family member pick it up later? Yeah or people who work in meat factories, tv stores, electronics etc.... ITS ALL OVER.

The excuses are the same, i need money to pay bills, i can't afford medical insurance or someone else showed me how to do it and i just thought i'd try it to.....

EMPLOYEE THEFT is all over. too bad we can't all be better and try harder not to be a thief when it comes to living 24/7 and not just when we work or are not working....

BUT FRY THESE BAD COPS!!!! STUPID MORONS

[forget your AVERAGE]

Drive By wrote:

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As of Oct. 1 Fort Lauderdale police will average $70,000. plus benifits. What planet are you living on?

I doubt the new cop will "average" anything near 70K for at least 5 years so tell your CM to get the figures straight as figures lie and liars figure!!!

[what benefits]

Drive By wrote:

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As of Oct. 1 Fort Lauderdale police will average $70,000. plus benifits. What planet are you living on?

Benefits??? hahahahahah what are YOU SMOKING?

Is working mandatory OT a benefit? Can't get time off a benefit? Having to work in dangerous conditions a benefit with little or no help?

And maybe you don;'t pay taxes their SPRKY but even if a cop made 70K, any idea how much is eaten up by the 38% tax roll plus payouts for medical insurance, ssn and pension???????

OK your forgiven DUHHHHHHHHHHH

[fast freddy]

LEO wrote:

I dont work for B.S.O., but Im pretty sure that arbitration is not binding. If the Sheriff wants to fire you, he has the authority to do so if there is cause. Sounds like a cop out, pardon the pun, to blame an arbitrator for this guys continued employment.

The arbitration is binding..........but they should never have been hired to begin with and the IA people don't know how to work cases. Frankel reeked of gangstah and steroid use. Their hiring practices are a numbers game just like everything else. You should see all the people gettig their jobs back now, just because the current administration wants to clean up the back log of employee cses and not fight these guys.

[Einstein]

Couldn't someone at the Stunned Sentinel name the arbitrator? And, gosh, Lamberti's name was entered in the story, as it should have, but I didn't see Felon Jenne's name here ... did I miss something or didn't all this take place when Jenne was running things?

The BS about having done proper due diligence is absurd. As a professional in this field, I know that this should not have come close to an employment offer.

[NotSurprising]

LIke a throw back to the 80's when corruption on the forces of both Miami and Broward was a daily headline, this is not surprising and was predicted by me 2 years ago. Several factors play a role today like they did then: 1)Cost of living vs. Salary of officers 2)Lack of qualified applicants 3)Housing to expensive and in crisis 4)The bad guys have way to much money to flash in front of 40K a year employees of the force...This my friends is only going to get worse...

Sad because they are alot of good guys...

[Corrupt FLPD I A et al]

backgroundinvestigator wrote:

Fort Lauderdale P.D. will be following in B.S.O.'s footsteps. Their pay and benefits package is so poor in comparison with neighboring agencies that they are scraping the bottom of the barrel just to get bodies into uniforms. Things will be fine for a year or so. Then the uniformed criminals and incompetents will come out, and look out, here comes tragedy, crimes, and lawsuits.

Your sadly mistaken FLPD is corrupt, under it's passed leadership failed to protect the community from the abuses perpetrated by criminals with a badge. The uniformed criminals and incompetents are there and have been there for years being protected by criminal supervisors, they live by the mantra "We protect out own." You blame the pay scale for the lack of honesty, integrity, and moral character as the cause of the problem. There must be zero tolerance instituted by the new chief when dealing with abuses committed by these criminals hiding behind the badge. It doesn't matter if you steal one dollar or a million, falsify official records, physically assault citizens, your a thief, liar, and coward. The public trust is paramount, never to be violated or compromised by a thug with a badge.

[gol teefes]

"Trust No One" Dey you go!

Hey Sun-Sentinal ....you got Mayo slammin P Pines Poeleeeeces ova a drug raid, y'all be beatin on BSO 'bout dees krackah badge wearing thugs....an' yo slant is anti-gun

How you gonna defen yoself when the black hooded, jack-booted, machinegun toten, armored up klan arrives at yo doe?

Oh, dats rite, the editor-in-chief is white!

[Bust Corruption]

They called him "Wingnut"?

Well the "Lugnut" who hired him should be fired.

"He also admitted having oral sex in 1994 with a minor who served as a police youth volunteer, according to an arbitration report. Tauber mentored the minor while he was working for the Pompano Beach Police Department. Department officials did not discipline him for that incident".

Shouldn't they have charged him with a crime at that time?

Two sets of laws.

[gol teefes]

what benefits wrote:

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Benefits??? hahahahahah what are YOU SMOKING?
Is working mandatory OT a benefit? Can't get time off a benefit? Having to work in dangerous conditions a benefit with little or no help?
And maybe you don;'t pay taxes their SPRKY but even if a cop made 70K, any idea how much is eaten up by the 38% tax roll plus payouts for medical insurance, ssn and pension???????
OK your forgiven DUHHHHHHHHHHH

They ain't forced to be cops, they choose to be cops....if it ain't right let them QUIT and get real jobs....problem is they can't! They are ill suited for anything else...most cops are "de de de"

[Bernard Goetz]

Tauber and Frankel should apply for managment positions with Broward County Transit, where no criminal activity is ever brought to light and no criminal is ever disciplined only promoted. Wait a minute . . . . . my bad, these guys are white. They'll never get hired. Too much competition.

[Jimmy]

Wow, what the heck, man? It seems like the problem is with the arbitrators. Why aren't these people investigated by the SunSentinel?

[Melancholy Voter]

cry me a river wrote:

Admits to oral sex with a minor?? Anyone else would be jailed and labeled a SEX OFFENDER!!

SURELY that would have given all the "good apples" enough to be able to get rid of this "bad apple"?

Wait. There are no good apples.
Just bad apples and blind apples.

[Melancholy Voter]

Jimmy wrote:

Wow, what the heck, man? It seems like the problem is with the arbitrators. Why aren't these people investigated by the SunSentinel?

Is that arbitration mandated by law, or by the union contract?