>> WELCOME BACK, WE ARE GLAD YOU ARE WITH US ON THIS SUNDAY, LET’S LOOK AT THE BROWARD COUNTY
SHERIFF’S RACE, THEN THERE WERE
NINE, NINE CANDIDATES RUNNING
FOR BROWARD COUNTY SHERIFF.
YOU’VE PROBABLY ARE WELL AWARE
OF INCUMBENT GREGORY TONY AND
FORMER SHERIFF SCOTT ISRAEL.
>> ANOTHER LEADING CONTENTED
TENDER IS THE DEPARTMENT VET
RAL-- VETERAN, BSO KOWRNAL WHO
RETIRED IN 2017 AFTER 40 YEARS,
RISING FROM A PATROL DEPUTY TO
CORNEL, ALL AT DSO.
ARE YOU WITH US VIA SKYPE FROM
DAVEY TODAY, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, HOW ARE YOU
DOING.
>> IS THAT WHAT WE CALL YOU, DO
WE CALL YOU CORNEL, WHAT IS A
RETIRED CORNEL CALLED.
>> NO, IT’S OKAY, I’M GOOD WITH
IT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> I THINK-- CORNEL THIS MORNING
IN AN OP ED IN THE SUN SENTINEL
I WRITE ABOUT YOUR CANDIDACY,
WHY YOU BELIEVE YOU ARE THE BEST
CANDIDATE AND AT ONE POINT YOU
SAY I AM THE HONEST CANDIDATE
WHO WILL BRING POSITIVE CHANGE
TO THIS LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THAT SEEMS TO IMPLY THAT SOME OF
THE OTHER CANDIDATES ARE
DISHONEST.
ARE THERE DISHONEST CANDIDATES?
>> YES, SIR, THAT’S A FACT.
FIRST OF ALL, THE CURRENT
SHERIFF SHOULDN’T EVEN BE A
DEPUTY AND HE WAS GIVEN A GIFT
TO BECOME SHERIFF OF BUT ARD
COUNTY.
AND WE DO NOT HAVE THE
EXPERIENCE, NOT THE
QUALIFICATIONS TO-- RUN AN
AGENCY OF BROWARD SHERIFF’S
OFFICE.
>> SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT IN HIS
APPLICATION TO JOIN THE CORAL
SPRINGS POLICE DEPARTMENT WHEN
HE DIDN’T MENTION THE FACT THAT
HE HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT
SHOOTING DEATH IN PHILADELPHIA
WHEN HE WAS JUST 14, YOU BELIEVE
THAT DISQUAWLS HIM?
>> ABSOLUTELY, MICHAEL.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS YOU HAVE
TO DO AS A LEADER ESPECIALLY
WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT BEING
A SHERIFF OR CHIEF, YOU HAVE TO
BE HONEST.
I MEAN IF A DEPUTY LIED ON THEIR
APPLICATION THEY WOULD BE
TERMINATED AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT.
SO THE SAME SHOULD BE HELD FOR
THE SHERIFF, IN THAT TOP
POSITION.
HE SHOULD NOT BE THERE.
>> WE ARE GOING TO ATTEMPT TO
BRING ALL THE CANDIDATES,
SHERIFF AND OTHER CANDIDATES
ON-- I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET
AN OPPORTUNITY TODAY, NOT TO
TALK ABOUT OTHER CANDIDATES BUT
TO TALK ABOUT YOU AND WHAT YOU
THINK AS A LONG TIME BSO
EMPLOYEE AND NOW RETIRED LIVING
THE RETIRED HIGHLIGHTS.
WHAT IS MAKING YOU JUMP BACK IN
AND WHAT DO YOU BRING TO THIS.
>>.
>> I BRING NUMBER ONE HONESTY,
EXPERIENCE, QUALIFIED AND
UNKEPPABLE OF LEADING BECOME SO
TO THE NEXT LEVEL, TO THE
GREATNESS THAT IT ONCE WAS.
BSO IS BROKEN.
IT IS BEING MISMANAGED AND THE
POLITICS HAVE REALLY INFILTRATED
IT, AND IT’S JUST BAD.
>> CAN I JUST, I WANT TO STOP
YOU AND I DON’T MEAN TO
INTERRUPT.
BUT YOU SAID SOMETHING THAT SO
RESONATES.
THE BROWARD SHERIFF IS AN
ELECTED POSITION, IT IS A
POLITICAL POSITION, AND THE
PEOPLE IN IT WHETHER THEY LIKE
IT OR NOT HAVE TO BE
POLITICIANS.
YOU HAVE OR HAVE NOT BEEN ONE OF
THOSE, HOW DO YOU EXPECT TO
HANDLE BEING A TOP LAW ENFORCER
BUT ALSO HAVE TO BE A
POLITICIAN?
HOW DO YOU DO THAT?
>> FIRST OF ALL, GLENNA, WE NEED
TO PUT PUBLIC SAFETY FIRST.
THAT’S WHAT I WOULD DO.
MY JOB IS TO TO PROTECT THE
PEOPLE OF BROWARD COUNTY, THAT
IS MY JOB, AND THAT’S WHAT I
WILL DO FIRST AND FORE MOST.
IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS ISN’T
ABOUT COUNTY-- THE CITIZENS ARE
SAFE AND PROTECTED.
CRIME IS UP IN BROWARD COUNTY,
THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS I WILL
NUMBER ONE GET CRIMES DOWN,
VIOLENT CRIMES IS UP BUT NO
CANDIDATE IS TALKING ABOUT IT.
>> WELL, LOOKING AT THE
ORGANIZATIONAL CHART FOR EXAMPLE
OF BSO, I MEAN IT IS A HUGE
AGENCY, OVER 5,000 EMPLOYEES,
CORRECTIONS OFFICERS, FIRE,
SAFETY AND OF COURSE DEPUTIES
WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE WAY IT’S
ORGANIZED, DO YOU THINK IS
WRONG.
WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
>> FIRST OF ALL I WOULD BUILD A
MANAGEMENT TEAM THAT HAS SOME
EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
THAT TAKE US TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
IT HAS TO START WITH THE LEADER.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME
CONSTITUTIONAL-- INSTITUTIONAL
KNOWLEDGE TO KNOW ABOUT FIRE, TO
KNOW ABOUT THE-- IT IS A PUBLIC
SAFETY AGENCY.
HE WAS GIVEN A GIFT BY THE
GOVERNOR TO COME IN AND
SUPERVISE OVER 6,000.
>> CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE
PRACTICAL AFFECT RIGHT NOW IN
REALTIME WHEN EVERYONE IS
FOCUSED ON A RESPONSE TO
COVID-19, WHAT WOULD YOU DO
DURCHLY FROM THE BROWARD
SHERIFF’S ORGANIZATION IN
MANAGING, THERE HAVE BEENK I
DON’T KNOW THE NUMBER OFF THE
TOP OF MY HEAD BUT CERTAINLY TOO
MANY COVID-19 VICTIMS WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT.
WHAT IS THE DEPARTMENT DOING
RIGHT NOW THAT YOU WOULD CHANGE?
GIVE A GRAWD TO YOU HAD BSO IS
HANDLING THE COVID RESPONSE.
>> IF I HAD TO GIVE BSO A GRADE
TODAY IT WITH BE AN F FOR
FAILURE.
THAT’S NUMBER ONE.
FIRST YOU WILL ALL, I WOULD HAVE
MADE SURE THAT THE MEN AND WOMEN
HAVE THE PROPER EQUIPMENT FROM
DAY ONE.
WE KNEW THAT THISES WITH COMING
ABOUT, YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED.
YOU NEED A LEAD THARY IS GOING
TO THINK OUT OF THE BOX AND BE
PREPARED FOR ALL SITUATIONS.
THIS’ ONE, YOU HAVE TO PROTECT
THE EMPLOYEES IN ORDER TO
PROTECT THE PUBLIC, BSO IS THE
SECOND LARGEST COUNTY IN THE
STATE, POPULATIONWISE BUT WE
HAVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF
COVID-19 EMPLOYEES IN THE WHOLE
STATE OF NOR DVMENT SOMETHING IS
WONG, THAT IS BECAUS YOU HAVE
PEOPLE AT THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE
THAT DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE
DOING.
THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO PROTECT
THE EMPLOYEES.
AND I WILL PROTECT THEM.
NUMBER ONE, EQUIPMENT.
GO IN AND DO AN EVALUATION ON
COMMUNICATIONS.
THAT IS ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT
AREAS.
BECAUSE OF THE WORK ENVIRONMENT,
YOU KNOW, THE SPACE THAT THEY
WORK IN.
THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF CHANGES
THAT YOU CAN MAKE.
YOU JUS GOT TO BE ABLE TO AS A
LEADER, TO THINK OUT OF THE BOX
AND BRING IN THE RIGHT RESOURCES
TO GET THE JOB DONE.
AND CAN I DO THAT AND I WILL DO
THAT.
>> CORNELLAL POLLACK WE ARE SO
GLAD YOU WERE ABLE TO JOIN US,
WE WILL BE FOLLOWING THIS RACE
VERY CLOSELY BETWEEN NOW AND