Where There's a Will, There's a Way 4 12 - Broward Sheriff's Office

BSO Briefs
No-Noise Honors
Aviation Unit
At the recent Annual Achievement in Community Excellence (ACE) Award ceremony,
BSO’s Aviation Unit was honored by the City of Fort Lauderdale and the Fort
Lauderdale Executive Airport for its outstanding commitment to the Executive
Airport Noise Abatement Program. The Aviation Unit
was specifically recognized for contributions during the
past year including developing, implementing and
following established noise abatement routes for
helicopters. The unit has also adhered to operating at
altitudes that reduce noise levels for both day and
night operations and has alternated nightly patrol
routes to minimize the impact of noise over the
nearby neighborhoods. The Aviation Unit has
also taken noise abatement into
consideration in the selection of its aircraft;
its new EC 135 helicopter has reduced
noise by several decibel levels and the EC
130 scheduled for delivery in the fall will
do the same. Sgt. Carmine Berardino is
pictured here accepting the award on
behalf of BSO. Great job!
A Sticky Farewell to
Chief Rogers
District 12
Recently, members of the
North Andrews
Neighborhood Association
found a great way to say
goodbye to their former
District Chief, newly
promoted Maj. Larry
Rogers. To raise money for
the association, Maj. Rogers
allowed local kids to throw
“major” amounts of pies in
his face. Maj. Rogers even
managed to keep a smile on
his face during this very
sticky situation!
Catch a Thug, Catch a Fish
Fugitive Squad
Last year, the Fugitive Squad started working on a THUGS grant with the
Florida Department of Law Enforcement. The unit was looking for
subjects who used guns or had a past record for firearm use and would
qualify for the 10-20 life sentence. Sgt. Abby Tiger challenged the
unit by promising the first team of detectives who made an arrest
on a THUG a free fishing trip on her boat to Bimini. Det.
Ronald Stewart and his partner, Det Chris Dale won the trip.
Unfortunately, Det. Dale couldn’t attend so Det. Charles Lehman
took his place. The trip was scheduled for early April when the
weather and fishing are both good. Det. Stewart caught a 34pound
black grouper, while Det. Lehman landed a 32-pounder.
Sgt. Tiger recently reeled in a 54-pound black grouper all by
herself! Great catches all the way around, detectives!
12
Parking Enforcement
Volunteers Honored
Countywide Operations
The Broward Sheriff’s Office Parking Enforcement Unit was honored with an awards
luncheon recently in celebration of its outstanding performance during fiscal year
2002-2003. This 21-member program is comprised entirely of volunteers who enforce
handicapped and other parking violations throughout BSO’s jurisdiction. Parking
Enforcement volunteers wear uniforms and drive specially marked vehicles. Sgt. John
Armold and Sgt. Daniel Jackowski of Countywide Operations serve as unit supervisors
and assisted in the preparation of this awards banquet, which was also attended by Lt.
Col. Danny Wright, Capt. Richard Scheff and Lt. John Nesteruk. Pictured here
outside of Bucca DiBeppo Restaurant in Fort Lauderdale that day are: (back row, left
to right) Jason Gerber, Stuart Miller, Ben Schermett, Hy Beitscher, Richard Brown,
Bruce Hirdler, Lewis Horn, Edwin Warhoftig, Stewart Merrill; (front row, left to
right) Paul Dobrow, Dick Dorner, Parking Enforcement Coordinator Martin
Fagelbaum, Verna Stine, George Goldberg, Russell Scherfer and Robert Milstein.
Bruce Landy, Robert Smith, Thomas Dinse, Joseph Migdol and Parking Enforcement
Coordinator Ed Kahn are not pictured.