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 …
TL;DR At the Jan 2026 Deerfield Beach Commission meeting, BSO officials proposed funding a new fire-rescue study in exchange for a two-year contract extension—a move critics call a ‘delay tactic’ to avoid municipal independence. I’ve been around Deerfield Beach politics long enough to know when a room gets nervous. Not loud. Not chaotic. Nervous. That was the vibe at the …
