Allow me to retort. “People over politics” sounds great. Until the same office offers to pay for the study that decides whether it keeps the contract. That’s not independence. That’s a do-over. The City didn’t ignore facts. It declined a vendor-funded redo offered only after the vendor saw the vote slipping. Calling a study “flawed” because it didn’t land where …
TL;DR. I dunno, maybe next time, don’t threaten the beejesus outta a City Manager. Deerfield Beach leaving BSO wasn’t drama. It was math. On January 20, 2026, Deerfield Beach voted 4–1 to leave the Broward Sheriff’s Office. That vote didn’t come out of nowhere — it happened under Sheriff Frank Drebin (real-life: Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony). After 35 years, the …