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The 6,000-person town of Pembroke Park may be considering rehiring the Broward Sheriff's Office for police services, less than a year after it created its own police force to cut down on costs. 

It was because of money that Pembroke Park decided to ditch its relationship with the Broward Sheriff's Office in what was supposed to be a cost-cutting move. Now, the police chief has been fired.

Pembroke Park officials are acknowledging they aren't sure how they spent $2.3 million in federal loan money they took out 14 years ago. That loan wound up costing taxpayers $3.5 million with interest. They are now in the process of hiring a forensic auditor to help figure it out.

Many cops who left under a cloud from their police jobs, who were fired or forced out by their old departments, are now back on duty, welcomed in by Pembroke Park, a small town determined to create a new police department.

Many cops who left under a cloud from their police jobs, who were fired or forced out by their old departments, are now back on duty, welcomed in by Pembroke Park, a small town determined to create a new police department.

Eleven police officers were sworn in to the Pembroke Park Police Department on Wednesday evening, moments after the manager pleaded with elected officials to delay the department’s launch.

The cost for Pembroke Park to have its own police department is more than double initial projections, according to a new consultant report.

The new police chief in one of Broward’s smallest towns might be out of a job before he even starts his force.