Suspend Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony's certification for 6 months, Florida Department of Law Enforcement recommends
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Authorities said his license had been suspended in 1993 for failure to appear for trial or court appearance and in January 1998 for five separate cases of failure to appear for trial or court appearance.
Ethics issue
A second case that delves into Tony’s past is still pending.
In 2022, the Florida Commission on Ethics said it has found probable cause to pursue a case into Tony’s lies and omissions on forms that led him to his first cop job in Coral Springs, and ultimately rise to sheriff. One ethics commission member argued if the commission didn’t take action, it would set a precedent for others to lie in applications to “do whatever you gotta do to get the position.” Another member called his behavior “despicable.”
His defense attorney has previously said Tony “looks forward to a swift finding of innocence.”
The end result could potentially be a recommendation that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspend him.
That hearing is scheduled for June.
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