I think this very poor taste on Sun Sentinel. If you guys don't know anything about policing then shut the mouth!!!!!!!

Yeah! What we need to do is to reduce the time employees of the Sheriffs department can work and reduce their pay!

That way we can spend more money where it’s needed, on giving the criminals welfare. It makes sense that if we give them more money they will do less crime, right?

With the way the economy is headed we need more cops and/or overtime for them. Everyone wants to stay safe but no one wants to pay for it. Well, I want a Ferrari but unless I pay for it I aint gonna get it.

Wake up people, Law Enforcement is one place we do NOT want to cut funds.

Chad Lowe and the Sun-Sentinel should get their facts straight before publishing such BS. But you wouldn't want to do that now would you? It wouldn't sell newspapers. This paper is the laughing stock of the country.

Hi Chad, I'm a BSO Deputy, (nearly 20 years) and like most of us we take offense to you making fun of an agency and its employees over an issue you know absolutely nothing about. Granted, I am not in a position to speak about the overtime budget, but you didn't do your homework when you decided to draw your demeaning cartoon of an agency who protects your sorry rear-end when you call them. Think about Chad, when and if you run into that career criminal in the middle of the night and clocks you into unconsciousness and takes every penny you have on your person, who do you think is responding in the early morning hours? The Three Musketeers? No, it will be a detective who is called out from his family to follow-up with you, THE VICTIM, and make sure that the criminal responsible for the vicious attack on your sorry rear-end goes to prison for sometime. Go ahead, make fun of our agency and make sure the County Commission cuts back on the overtime so that when this does happen, the detective will get with you hours after the fact, losing valuable evidence for trial and that criminal will have a good head start out of town. Know your facts first or did you miss that class in journalism 101?

wow. very low standards when it comes to journalism.

For $20grand more I could have captured Osama
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Name Undercover Officer
Hire Date 2/19/2002
Department Law Enforcement
Assignment Counter Terrorism Unit
Job Description Deputy Sheriff - DLE
2008 Base pay $67,364
2008 Overtime $38,138
2008 Base pay and OT $105,502
2008 Supplemental $3,515
200 Deferred compensation $0
2008 Total Compensation $109,017

hey doug- you and you BSO buddies have been milking the system for years, not to mention all the coruption over there... get YOUR facts straight, probably just mad cuz you were not smart enough to get in on the overtime

With all the crap going on about budget cuts... it brings the worse of everyone... and the best out of the criminals. Well when a news paper like this, that is about sinking, they will do almost about anything to get the attention of the readers. But that will not be enough to keep them from going down. and every officer and family need to stop their suscription of this news paper and they will go under alot faster. and maybe Chad Lowe will want to apply for a job at BSO. My husband is a BSO officer, and let me tell you every dime he gets paid he earns. He does not steal, and he pays as much taxes as any of you losers. In this articles about overtime I have not seen anyone say that these officers were not earning there overtime. Just like when every one jumped on the wagon of cutting the property taxes. Well you all got your wish they are lower, but so has everything else. Like schools,city services... So you all may have your wish again, including Chad Lowe when you call 911 and an hour or two later the officer gets there.. You will remember that the overtime pay was not so high... But we will all wait and see.

It's CHAN, not Chad!
I think the cartoon is great, but since I don't work for BSO I can be objective.

Verne, FYI - I have made my share of the O/T and didn't need to kiss anyone's behind to get. BTW, I earned every penny of it too. Sadly, you speak of corruption. Why do you think it's an entire agency? I and most of my "BSO Buddies" have more integrity than you ever will. Keep drinking the kool-aid.

Food for thought. Why is the BSO overtime such a big deal now under Lamberti with the all Democratic County Commission? I never heard of overtime being scrutinized when the now convicted felon Ken Jenne was Sheriff. Let's see, would that have anything to do with Jenne being a Democrat and Lamberti being a Republican. I and many other's think so.

Please, Being prior Law enforcement I can say that if BSO actually worked and weren't a bunch of "slugs" they wouldn't need overtime. Be honest, how much time do you waist? You would never make it in the public sector. The gig is up, work harder and stop crying!

Jenne was/is a criminal. The reason nobody complained about overtime under Jenne is simply that it was not brought to our attention.
While I do not consider the exorbitant overtime corruption, nor do I blame the often self-less members of BSO, money is now very tight and the overtime must be very closely monitored.
BSO does a fine job and is an essential service but that is no license to spend wantonly.
Lamberti must weigh his decisions carefully as this is neither about ego nor politics. His decisions will have far reaching consequences and we gave him the job because we believed him to be the best person for it.
A sacrifice of efficacy to conserve a fiscally responsible reputation is simply unacceptable.

BSO is a joke and their a bunch of overpaid bullies.
The only crimes they ever solve or investigate is that of one of their buddies being shot. Look at all the crimes that were committed over the last few years. It took dumb luck and evidence walking up and biting them on the nose, to sove it.
They can't even solve a murder of one of their own.
The biggest bullies and the most incompetent Sheriff's department in the Country.
Oh wait their former Boss did time in a Federal Penitentiary. A crook at the top. Yeah sure give them 27 million of our hard earned money.

Doug has just shown his reading abilities. It's Chan not Chad. Another dumb cop, go figure. Broward county is filled with them.
Their not even able to solve the murder of one of their own. How incompetent can they be. Most of the other crimes they solve the evidence comes up and bites them on the nose.

yeah keep stealing taxpayers funds to the tune of @7 million and then wine and cry aboput public safety like the big babies you are. Go ahead steal our tax dollars.

The cost of Public Safety, (Police, Fire and Detention) is consumer driven. First by the criminal who commits the crime then by the victim who calls for help. Aggressive and careless drivers crashing into one another needing prehospital medical treatment and the uninsured, non-motorized soul who calls 911 for a free ride to the nearest ER because they don't have any other means of medical care. Our system is as big as it is because people demand the services. Our positions are job posts that if not filled with some willing soul that gives up his time off and comes in to work extra hours would not be filled and would thus effect the expected level of service. You cant start closing fire stations and idling police cars without profound adverse effects to the community. Overtime is generated mainly because of unfilled budgeted positions which would cost a lot more to fill than the $28 million spent on OT. Wake up people, it saves money to pay overtime and not hire additional employees. Smaller, rural areas don't have these expenses because they don't have the craziness of the big city that we have. They often rely on volunteer services that respond if and when available. If we change our culture and the way we treat one another then maybe Sheriff Lamberti could get the largest part of Broward County's budget under control, I don't see that happening. I see this as another political move by the county commission who thru forced annexation don't want to be in the police and fire business anyway.

I think the cartoon is very funny and very appropriate. OT of 28.7 million is just way too much! Keep the cartoons coming.

Hope the cops on here weren't charging OT for reading this.

Hi Jim,

I am in favor of massive cuts in our police budgets. We are rapidly turning into a police state. The police have far more fire power than is necessary. There seems to be little fear of consequences when police abuse their powers. Maybe I just watch too much You Tube.

Also, the police seem to be far more concerned with their own safety than with my safety.

I think this very poor taste on Sun Sentinel. If you guys don't know anything about policing then shut the mouth!!!!!!!

Posted by: Jim | June 8, 2009 4:23 PM
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I guess you FAILED English Grammar 01, eh?! GREAT sentence structure?!

Gee, I guess Chan Lowe struck a NERVE, huh?!

TWO states I would NOT want to be caught DEAD in:
FLORIDA and TEXAS!

so ya think BSO is killing us look at these numbers and then add all the perks they get free flight trips around the world and all the stuff they dont report and u all do the math Thinks its time to call them all up and get the full accounting

RODSTROM JR, JOHN E COUNTY COMMISSIONER $94,420.26 $94,420.26 Details
KEECHL, KENNETH E COUNTY COMMISSIONER $92,468.82 $92,468.82 Details
EGGELLETION JR, JOSEPHUS COUNTY COMMISSIONER $92,201.22 $92,201.22 Details
GUNZBURGER, SUZANNE N COUNTY COMMISSIONER $92,020.26 $92,020.26 Details
JACOBS, KRISTIN D COUNTY COMMISSIONER $92,020.26 $92,020.26 Details
LIEBERMAN, ILENE S COUNTY COMMISSIONER $92,020.26 $92,020.26 Details
RITTER, STACY J COUNTY COMMISSIONER $92,020.26 $92,020.26 Details
WASSERMAN-RUBIN, DIANA COUNTY COMMISSIONER $92,020.26 $92,020.26 Details
WEXLER, LOIS S COUNTY COMMISSIONER $92,020.26 $92,020.26

Thinks its time to call them all up and get the full accounting

What if the County Commission were abolished and replaced with nothing? I don't think most of us would notice, except for the lower tax bill. I'm willing to give it a try.

Did anyone bother to read the Adminstrative salaries and overtime?

Tell me how an assistant to an assistant (they have a few of those) can rack up 8 thousand in overtime?

I mean isnt she on an 8 hour day? Seems to me there are way too many Chiefs racking up big bucks shoveling papers around.