New FL Agency Loses Nearly Half of Its Officers

“We have 11 sworn personnel at the current moment,” Pembroke Park, FL, Police Maj. Ra Shana Dabney-Donovan said. “We are focused on finding the best-qualified candidates.”

August 18, 2023

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Less than a year after the Pembroke Park (FL) Police Department launched, ending decades of patrols by Broward sheriff’s deputies, the town has already lost nearly half of its officers.

That includes the town’s police chief, who was fired in May, months after the department began serving the south Broward town of about 6,000 people, Local 10 reports.

“I don’t like to look at the past,” police Maj. Ra Shana Dabney-Donovan said. “I like to look at the future.”

Dabney-Donovan has taken over as the agency’s interim chief.

“We have 11 sworn personnel at the current moment,” Dabney-Donovan said. “We are focused on finding the best-qualified candidates.”

The town had 20 sworn officers when it started.

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