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Broward’s emergency 911 system is broken, county commissioners agreed Tuesday. Immediate pay raises looked likely, but commissioners said that's just the beginning of reforms that will be needed to ensure public safety.
Yelling and cursing erupted in the Broward County Commission chambers Tuesday as Sheriff Gregory Tony asked commissioners for millions of dollars to combat a...
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More money for 911 dispatchers will not fix the problem of Broward's emergency call system. The county's unwieldy, headless bureaucracy assures that too many problems are just punted to the next crop of elected leaders.
The raises will be used to hire and retain staff which Sheriff Gregory Tony said are leaving for higher paying jobs.
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The South Florida Sun Sentinel analyzed hiring, separation and payroll records from the countywide emergency 911 centers, run by the Broward Sheriff’s Office: The data paints a troubling picture of an overburdened workplace whose problems have been brewing for years.