2 PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO LOCAL HOSPITALS FOR TREATMENT BEFORE BEING RELEASED TO U.S. BORDER
PATROL CUSTODY.
>>> NOW TO INVESTIGATION YOU
WILL SEE ON LOCAL 10.
WE HAVE LEARNED BROWARD COUNTY
SHERIFF DEPUTY HAS BEEN
HELPING HIMSELF TO THIS
DEPARTMENT BOAT FOR PERSONAL
USE.
>> PUNISHMENT NOTHING MORE
THAN A SLAP ON THE WRIST.
LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERT SAY THE
DEPARTMENT INTERNAL AFFAIRS
INVESTIGATION IS INCOMPLETE.
HERE’S MORE.
>> MY DAUGHTER AND MANY OTHER
GIRLS FROM HER CLASS HAVE BEEN
GOING BOATING WITH THE FAMILY
FOR YEARS.
WE ALWAYS ASSUMED IT WAS A
FAMILY BOAT.
>>Reporter: THIS 23 FOOT BOAT
SHE’S TALKING ABOUT BELONGS TO
FAMILY. BIG FAMILY.
THE TAXPAYERS OF BROWARD
COUNTY.
YOU SEE THE BOAT IS ON BY THE
BROWARD SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
IT’S UNMARKED.
SUPPOSED TO BE USED FOR
UNDERCOVER OPERATION.
LOCAL "10 NEWS"LEARNED VETERAN
BROWARD COUNTY SHERIFF’S
DEPUTY JAKE DID YOU KNOWING
HAS APPARENTLY BEEN USING IT
FOR PLEASURING.
TEEN HAS BEEN ON IT AS A GUEST
OF DEPUTY DUNNING DAUGHTER
CLAIMS IT HAS BEEN GOING ON
FOR YEARS.
>> THEIR SEVERAL PHOTO THAT
HAVE BEEN TAKEN ON THE BOAT
FROM VARIOUS FAMILY.
MASSED ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA
SITE.
>>Reporter: MULTIPLE E-MAILS
AND PICTURES WERE SENT TO THE
SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
NOT ONLY WITH CLAIMS THAT IT
HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS
BUT ALLEGATIONS OF ALCOHOL ON
BOARD. PICTURE OBTAINED BY
LOCAL 10 SHOWS FISHING
EQUIPMENT ON BOARD AS WELL.
>> TAXPAYER IT’S NOT OKAY.
WHO IS FOOTING THE BILL FOR
THIS.
WHO IS PAYING FOR THE GOODS
FOR THESE OUTINGS.
WHO WOULD BE STUCK WITH THE
LIABILITY IF THERE WERE AN
ACCIDENT.
>>Reporter: INTERNAL AFFAIRS
INVESTIGATION WAS OPENED AND
ACCORDING TO REPORT OBTAINED
BY US SERGEANT MATTHEW IS
SUPERVISOR TRANSIF ERRED INTO
THE MARINE UNIT 2 AND A HALF
YEARS AGO ADMITTED HE GAVE
DEPUTY DUNNING PERMISSION TO
USE THE BOAT FOR PERSONAL USE
WHEN DUNNING WAS OFF DUTY.
IT WAS THEN DETERMINED BY
INTERNAL AFFAIRS THAT SERGEANT
AND DEPUTY DUNNING COULD QUOTE
ADMIT IT AND MOVE ON.
BOTH GOT A WRITTEN REPRIMAND
FOR VIOLATING DEPARTMENT
POLICY.
THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS
INVESTIGATION ENDED.
SERGEANT WAS MOVED OUT OF THE
MARINE UNIT BUT REMAINS A
RANKING SERGEANT WITH THE
BROWARD SHERIFF’S OFFICE
TODAY.
>> JEFF WITH LOCAL "10 NEWS".
HOW ARE YOU?
CAN I TALK TO YOU ABOUT YOUR
JUDGMENT CALL UNTIL ALLOWING A
FELLOW DEPUTY TO USE A BET FOR
PERSONAL USE BSO BOAT.
IN STATEMENT.
IS THAT A GOOD JUDGMENT CALL
SERGEANT.
>>Reporter: DEPUTY DUNNING 30
YEAR VETERAN REMAINS ON THE
MARINE UNIT.
ACCORDING TO DOCUMENTS
PROVIDED BY THE SHERIFF’S
OFFICE HE WAS NEVER QUESTIONED
AS PART OF THE INVESTIGATION.
CAN I TALK TO YOU SIR ABOUT
HOW MANY TIMES YOU USED THE
BOAT?
FOR PLEASURE WITH YOUR FAMILY?
DID YOU USE OUR GAS?
TAXPAYER GAS SIR.
>> INCOMPLETE SESSION.
IT WAS NO INVESTIGATION DONE.
>>Reporter: ROBERT WAS
RETIRED LIEUTENANT COLONEL
FROM THE BROWARD SHERIFF’S
OFFICE.
PART OF THE MARINE UNIT BACK
IN THE 80’S.
HE SAYS ADMIT IT AND MOVE ON.
MAY BE AN OPTION.
>> THE SESSION STILL HAS TO BE
COMPLETED.
JUVENILES INVOLVED.
ALCOHOL INVOLVED APPARENTLY
ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL
INQUIRYY I HAD SEEN.
NOBODY HAS CLEARED OUT.
ALL THESE QUESTIONS THAT NEED
TO BE ANSWERED.
>> WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING OF
THIS NATURE I DON’T THINK IT’S
IN THE CATEGORY OF ADMIT AND
MOVE ON.
>>Reporter: DR. ANDREW SCOTT
CONSULTANT AFTER SPENDING 44
YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
FORMER BOCA RATON POLICE CHIEF
WITH DOCTORATE IN CRIMINAL
JUSTICE HE SAYS BEING THAN THE
MARINE UNIT IS A PRIVILEGE.
DEPUTY DUNNING WOULDN’T BE ON
IT UNDER HIS MUCH WASHINGTON.
>> WOULD HAVE BEEN REMOVED
FROM THE UNIT AS WELL AS THE
SUPERVISOR AND I WOULD HAVE TO
TAKE A HARD LOOK AT TO THE
SUPERVISOR MAINTAINING HIS OR
HER RANK.
>>Reporter: SHERIFF TONEY
REFUSED MULTIPLE REQUEST TO DO
ON CAMERA INTERVIEW AND
STATEMENT FROM HIS MEDIA
RELATION UNIT DIDN’T ANSWER
ANY OF OUR SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
SO WE CAUGHT UP WITH THE
SHERIFF OUTSIDE A BROWARD
COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING LAST
WEEK.
DO WE KNOW HOW MANY TIMES HE
USED THE BOAT.
>> I DON’T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF
MY HEAD.
I DON’T.
>>Reporter: DO WE KNOW WHOSE
GAS TAXPAYER GAS OR DID HE
FILL IT UP.
>> I DON’T KNOW.
>>Reporter: ISN’T THIS
SOMETHING YOU WOULD WANT TO
KNOW?
SOMETHING YOU WOULD WANT TO
KNOW?
>> THE WAY YOU ARE FRAIDZING IS THAT THERE IS FAILURE.
>> THE WAY YOU ARE FRAIDZING
IS THAT THERE IS FAILURE.
>> ACCORDING. >> TO WHO. >>Reporter: 2 LAW ENFORCEMENT
CONSULT AREN’T INCLUDING
SOMEBODY WHO WORKED FOR THE
SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
>> I HAVE BEEN IN OFFICE FOR 3
AND A HALF YEARS.
IF I HELD ANYBODY ACCOUNTABLE
IN THE ORGANIZATION.
IS THERE A PROCESS NEEDED TO
BE HANDLED.
>>Reporter: YOU ARE
COMFORTABLE YOU ARE SIR I’M
NOT DONE YOU ARE COMFORTABLE
WITH THE OUT COME OF THE
INVESTIGATION.
ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE.
PEOPLE FILED A COMPLAINT
BECAUSE THE DAUGHTERS WERE ON
THE BOAT.
THERE ARE ALLEGATIONS OF
ALCOHOL.
ON THAT BOTH.
ALL OF A SUDDEN THE SHERIFFS
INVESTIGATION JUST STOPPED.
>> TAKE THE ELEVATOR.
>>Reporter: INVESTIGATION
JUST STOPPED.
IS THAT.
>> THIS IS CHANNEL 10 BEST
WORK HERE.
>>Reporter: THIS IS
QUESTIONS.
>>.
QUESTIONS. >>. >>Reporter: YOU WON’T SIT
DOWN WITH US AND ANSWER
QUESTIONS.
>> THEY SHOULD REOPEN THE
SESSION AND DO MR. TO MAKE
SURE THAT THEY DON’T MISS ANY
POSSIBLE VIOLATION OR CRIMINAL
ACT IX.
>>Reporter: THIS IS LOCAL "10
NEWS".
>> BACK ON MARCH 11 LOCAL "10
NEWS" MADE PUBLIC RECORDS
REQUEST TO REVIEW THE
PERSONNEL FILE FOR SERGEANT