THE NEWS STARTS NOW.
THIS IS CBS4 NEWS TONIGHT.
NOW AT 11 SCOTT ISRAEL
VOTED OUT OF OFFICE.
THE FLORIDA SENATE REBUFFING A
RECOMMENDATION.
TO GET THE SUSPENDED SHERIFF
HIS JOB BACK.
THE NINE-MONTH LEGAL AND
POLITICAL SHOWDOWN ENDING WITH
A MAJOR DEFEAT FOR SCOTT ISRAEL
TONIGHT.
A VICTORY FOR GOVERNOR RON
DESANTIS AS WELL AS MANY
FAMILIES IN PARKLAND.
WHO WANTED ISRAEL OUT.
THERE'S PASSIONATE REACTION
TONIGHT.
LET'S BEGIN WITH CAREY CODD WHO
IS LIVE IN TALLAHASSEE.
Reporter: IN THE END THE
VOTE IN FRONT OF THE SENATE WAS
25-15.
THERE WAS SOME DRAMA.
THREE DEMOCRATIC SENATORS
INCLUDING ONE FROM SOUTH
FLORIDA VOTED ALONG WITH THE
MAJORITY OF THE REPUBLICANS TO
REMOVE ISRAEL.
THERE WAS ONE REPUBLICAN
SENATOR WHO DECIDED TO VOTE TO
REINSTATE ISRAEL BECAUSE HE
SAID HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT A
DANGEROUS PRESIDENT BEING SENT
SET.
WITH THAT FLORIDA SENATOR
SPOKE.
THE MAJORITY AGREED THAT SCOTT
ISRAEL SHOULD BE OFFICIALLY
REMOVED FROM HIS JOB.
FOR ME IT WAS A BOW OF MY
CONSCIOUS.
Reporter: ONE OF THREE
DEMOCRATS VOTED TO REMOVE
ISRAEL.
SHE SAID IT BOILED DOWN TO
LISTENING TO THE WISHES OF THE
PARKLAND FAMILIES.
EVERY SINGLE PARENT IN THIS
WHOLE STATE, EVER SINCE
PARKLAND, EVERY TIME WE DROP
OFF OUR KIDS AT SCHOOL WE HAD
THEM JUST A LITTLE BIT TIGHTER.
Reporter: FAMILIES OF
PARKLAND VICTIMS AGREE.
WITH MY DAUGHTER BEING SHOT
AND KILLED IT STONEMAN DOUGLAS
HIGH SCHOOL I WANTED TRUTH,
JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
Reporter: THE GOVERNOR
SUSPENDED ISRAEL EARLIER THIS
YEAR.
:THE ACTIVE SHOOTER POLICY THAT
ISRAEL CHANGED.
GIVING DEPUTIES DISCRETION TO
ENGAGE IN AN ACTIVE SHOOTER.
WHAT MATTERED MOST DURING
THOSE PRECIOUS MINUTES WHEN A
WEAPON WAS BEING FIRED AND
LIVES WERE BEING LOST, WHEN IT
MATTERED MOST, EVERYONE WEARING
A BSO UNIFORM FAILED.
Reporter: SEVERAL DEMOCRATIC
SENATORS SAY THE TRUE BLAME
LIES WITH SCOT PETERSON.
PETERSON RECEIVED TRAINING.
HE WAS PREPARED AND ARMED.
HE WAS SUPPOSED TO GO IN.
INSTEAD HE DID NOTHING.
Reporter: TOM LEE TOOK A
DIFFERENT STANCE.
HE SAID DESANTIS'S DECISION TO
REMOVE ISRAEL WAS PROSECUTORIAL
OVERREACH.
HE FEARS WHAT THIS COULD MEAN
FOR OTHER SHERIFFS IN FLORIDA.
WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE TODAY
IS ANTI-LAW ENFORCEMENT.
I THINK THE PEOPLE SHOULD BE
OUTRAGED.
THAT THIS PROCESS WAS DONE TO
TAKE AWAY THEIR VOTE.
Reporter: FAMILIES OF THE
PARKLAND VICTIMS SAID WHAT IT
DID DO IS PROTECT PUBLIC
SAFETY.
THIS FAILURE AND THIS
PROBLEM WAS EXPOSED IN
PARKLAND.
IT COULDN'T HAPPEN TO ANY
COMMUNITY.
WHILE HE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE
SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS
REMOVAL HELPS MAKE ALL OF US
SAFE AND BROWARD COUNTY.
Reporter: ISRAEL RELEASED A
STATEMENT AFTER THE VOTE.
HE ADDRESSED THE PARKLAND
VICTIMS FAMILIES.
HE SAID MY CHOICE OF WORDS
CAUSE THEM PAIN.
I AM DEEPLY SORRY FOR THAT.
I WILL BE FOR THE REST OF MY
LIFE.
HE SAID TONIGHT I WANT THE
PEOPLE AND BROWARD COUNTY TO
KNOW THAT I CAME HERE TO FIGHT
TO MAKE GOOD ON MY PROMISES TO
YOU AND FINISH THE JOB THAT YOU
ENTRUSTED ME TO DO.
ISRAEL SAID HE WILL RUN FOR
REELECTION IN 2020.
HIS ATTORNEY SAID HE WILL LOOK
INTO ANY OTHER POSSIBLE LEGAL
AVENUES TO FIGHT THIS REMOVAL.