Satz out!

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Satz says he won't seek re-election...

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About time. That crusty old fossil.

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Any co-conspirator of PROMISE, permanently out of Broward politics is a win for Broward. The future is uncertain; there may very well be a new band of bad, but one thing is for sure. NEVER again will these liberal parasites go unchecked.

When you remember Satz, think of every 18 year old criminal on his way up the road who was never taught where the line is by those pretending to care.

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Teresa is ten times worse. You better pray to God somebody else runs for that office. She’s a scumbag.

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Don't be surprised to see Evan Jenne run.

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Teresa is ten times worse. You better pray to God somebody else runs for that office. She’s a scumbag.

Some lawyer guy named Joseph Kimlok is going to run.

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Any co-conspirator of PROMISE, permanently out of Broward politics is a win for Broward. The future is uncertain; there may very well be a new band of bad, but one thing is for sure. NEVER again will these liberal parasites go unchecked.

When you remember Satz, think of every 18 year old criminal on his way up the road who was never taught where the line is by those pretending to care.

Scott Israel for SAO 2020!

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No use for Satz. But I wanted Israel gone as well and now I'm kicking my own azz. I hate this new douche just as much. Just for different reasons. We could do worse than Satz. That dirty liberal taint would be MUCH worse. I'll take Evan Jenne for SAO or sheriff.

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Satz says he won't seek re-election...

Too bad his name is all over PROMISE program! Trying to cover his AZZ didn't work so he's out. Hopefully, when he "retires" FDLE will pull a "Peterson" and FIRE this SOB because that's what they are planning for that POS, big-eared, loser Israel. He is only suspended so his sorry-AZZ can be FIRED and then they ALL can be charged under the new precedent set forth by FDLE. Then Peterson the guinea pig will be set free...


sidestep state law State Law meaning SAO like Mike Satz? Hmmmm?

"Broward schools sidestep state law on Promise program" by Scott Travis May 18, 2019

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/b...bfy-story.html

The Broward school district has revised its description of the controversial Promise program, a move that allows it to sidestep a new state law requiring schools to share more information with law enforcement.

A state law passed last year — after the mass killing at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — requires that children who go through pre-arrest diversion programs must be entered into a state database run by the Department of Juvenile Justice.

Reluctant to share that information, the Broward school district now says Promise is not really a diversion program — it’s an “alternative to external suspension” program, meaning it doesn’t fall under the new law.

The district initially decided its data must be shared and started doing so Feb. 6, officials said. But then, worried that the actions were making kids more prone to arrest, the district stopped the practice March 4.



“I’m not in favor of giving data that’s going to accumulate and be used in a punitive way to levy points that could hurt students,' Broward School Board member Rosalind Osgood said.

The goal of the law was to identify dangerous students like the Parkland killer before they created a crisis. It aimed to give law enforcement access to a child’s full criminal history, including diversions, so they could decide if an arrest was necessary.

The school district’s general counsel, Barbara Myrick, said in a March 15 memo to Superintendent Robert Runcie and Mickey Pope, an administrator overseeing the program, that a diversion program has a specific definition under state law. She cited a police-issued civil citation as a type of state-defined diversion, as well as programs requiring a child to surrender a driver’s license and “neighborhood restorative justice programs."

“It is clear that the Promise Program does not meet the statutory definition of a diversion program and therefore, a student’s information/data regarding participation in the Promise Program should not be entered into the Department of Juvenile Justice’s Information System database,” she wrote.



State Attorney Mike Satz disagrees.

“We have always felt and we still feel that Promise is a diversion program," Satz said in a statement. "We believe there is a requirement under the law to enter the information into the Department of Juvenile Justice database.”

The district’s latest description of Promise is a break from what it has said in the past.

“It was modeled after Clayton County, Georgia’s diversion, pre-diversion program," Pope, who has since retired, told the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Public Safety Commission in June. The commission has been investigating what factors may have contributed to the massacre.

The district again referred to Promise as a “pre-diversion” program on Jan. 17, in a report outlining how the district was responding to the commission’s recommendations.

Specifically, the commission urged that school districts operate pre-arrest diversion programs consistently with criteria established by their local state attorney. The school district responded that its “pre-diversion program was created in 2011 to provide an alternative to external suspensions for students charged with non-violent disciplinary infractions."

When Runcie was asked about the Promise program at parent meeting Feb. 5, he said, “These pre-diversion programs are required by state laws to provide services to kids that are involved in nonviolent, nonthreatening misdemeanor situations.”



The school district started the Promise program with the support of the Broward Sheriff’s Office, the State Attorney’s Office and other agencies. The plan was to reduce the large number of arrests of black teens for minor offenses. Arrests dropped dramatically, and the Obama administration considered it a model for other school districts to follow.

But the program has received a large amount of scrutiny since the Stoneman Douglas tragedy. Conservative critics claimed it allowed the killer to stay off the radar of police while he committed multiple infractions.

The commission determined the program was flawed but didn’t contribute to the massacre. Still the commission recommended the district share information with other law enforcement agencies.

Commission member Ryan Petty, whose daughter Alaina was killed at Stoneman Douglas, said the district’s efforts appear to be an attempt to preserve its "ability to operate the Promise program outside the confines of state law and agreements with local law enforcement agencies and the state attorney.”

Broward school officials insist they want to share information with law enforcement. They’re fine with it being used to provide additional resources, such as counseling, to students. They also say sharing some information, such as non-criminal disciplinary measures, violates students’ privacy rights.

The school district is “committed to ensuring full collaboration with law enforcement in sharing appropriate disciplinary actions to ensure the community has both public safety and privacy rights respected,” district spokeswoman Cathleen Brennan said, adding that the district is awaiting guidance from the state on how to accomplish this.

She said law enforcement has always been able to request student discipline data directly through the school administration, and that will continue.

The Broward County Chiefs of Police Association has been one of the agencies critical of the district’s Promise program, with the lack of shared information among the association’s concerns.

Lauderhill Police Chief Constance Stanley, who heads the group, said the chiefs are trying to resolve differences with the school district. She wouldn’t specifically address the sharing-of-information issue.

“Until we meet with the School Board to further discuss, I will refrain from commenting,” she said. “We will continue to work towards addressing all concerns and hope that we come to a happy medium.”

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Satz says he won't seek re-election...

Thank God, what a POS.