Page 28 - Larry Scirotto News Today

Caitie Switalski Muñoz covers news and stories concerning quality of life in Broward County and its municipalities for WLRN News. Her award-winning coverage focuses on: affordable housing, city and county governments, homelessness issues, transportation and slice of life here in South Florida.

Meet Fort Lauderdale's new Police Chief Larry Scirroto. Also, a local Haitian-American activist gives an update on the Haitian refugees at the U.S.-Mexico border. Plus, this month's Sundial Book Club title author Patricia Engel discusses her new novel "Infinite Country."

Chief Larry Scirotto was chosen to head the more than 700-member department after a nationwide search. His hire marks a new start for the Fort Lauderdale Police Department after controversy and recent leadership changes.

San Joses next police chief down to four finalists By KTVU Staff San Jose narrows search for police chief to four finalists San Jose has narrowed its list of candidates for chief of police down to four finalists. Three of them are currently with the department. Another is a retired assistant chief from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. SAN JOSE, Calif. (KTVU) - San Jose has narrowed its list of candidates for the next chief of police from seven to four finalists.  City Manager David Sykes sent a memor...

The finalists for Madisons police chief are Shon F. Barnes, Ramon S. Batista, Jr., Christopher A. Davis, and Larry R. Scirotto MADISON, Wis. — In a resolution Sunday night, two members of Madison’s Police Civilian Oversight Board demanded that the Police and Fire Commission postpone any decision on the city’s next chief. In the resolution, PCOB members Ankita Bharadwaj and Ananda Deacon requests that the PCOB “discuss and decide on the individual we will recommend to PFC to hire as poli...

By Stephen Cohn Dec 13, 2020 8:48 PM MADISON, Wis. — In a resolution Sunday night, two members of Madison’s Police Civilian Oversight Board demanded that the Police and Fire Commission postpone any decision on the city’s next chief. In the resolution, PCOB members Ankita Bharadwaj and Ananda Deacon requests that the PCOB “discuss and decide on the individual we will recommend to PFC to hire as police chief, within a week of [Sunday night],” and recommends to the PFC that it re...

Members of the public voiced outrage over the lack of transparency in the election process of the Madison Police Department’s police chief in a virtual Police and Fire Commission meeting Wednesday. The Commission held the meeting the same day the PFC released interview recordings with the four police chief candidates — Shon Barnes, Ramon Batista Jr., Christopher Davis and Larry Scirotto. Speakers voiced concern over the police chief selection process continuing without enough time for the p...

Ahead of final decision, Madison community weighs in on new police chief Last night, the Madison Police and Fire Commission considered public input for the city’s new chief of police.  Ramon Batista emerged as the crowd favorite at the meeting, where at least half of the participants voiced their support for the former Police Chief of the Mesa, Arizona Department. According to reporting from the Arizona Republic, Batista abruptly resigned from his former position last November. His departure...

Ramon Batista, a former police chief from Arizona, rose to the top as a favored candidate for the permanent Madison police chief position among members of the public who spoke at Wednesday’s Police and Fire Commission meeting. But those who spoke also decried the process for selecting a new Madison Police Department leader as difficult to navigate, excluding the community members the new police chief will be serving. The process did not include a way for community members to directly engag...