About
the Broward County Sheriff's Office
The
Broward County Sheriff’s Office has over 6,000 members, including nearly 3,000 deputies and 600 fire personnel. It is
a full service law enforcement agency that provides law enforcement services to 14 cities within Broward County as well as
the unincorporated areas of the County. The Broward County Sheriff’s Office
is organized into the Department of Law Enforcement, the Department of Detention and Community Control, the Department of
Fire Rescue and the Administrative Offices.
The
Broward County Sheriff’s Office’s Department of Law Enforcement uniformed patrol serves and “other customary
operations, administers special units including the Bomb Squad, the K-9 Unit, School Resource Deputy Unit and the Child Protective
Investigations Section, which investigates allegations of abuse and neglect against
Broward County's children.”
Through the Department of Detention
and Community Control the Broward County Sheriff’s Office provides typical offender and inmate services as the County
level. According to the Sheriff’s Office, “In October 2003, administration
of the county's fire rescue operations was transferred to BSO. The Department of Fire Rescue provides fire suppression, fire
protection, emergency medical services and educational programs for most unincorporated areas of Broward County and to several
contracted municipalities in Broward County.”
Source:
sheriff.org/about_bso
