Israel has refused to take responsibility for his behavior before or after the shooting. Under calls to resign, the Sheriff said:<\/p>\n \u201cI gave him a gun. I gave him a badge. I gave him the training<\/strong>. If he didn\u2019t have the heart to go in,that\u2019s not my responsibility<\/strong>,” said Israel of Peterson’s failure to face Cruz during the shooting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n As Ben Domenech of\u00a0The Federalist\u00a0<\/em>noted in February, when Israel was accused of corruption in the past, he responded with a paraphrased quote from Game of Thrones:\u00a0\u201cLions don\u2019t care about the opinions of sheep<\/strong>.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n The manner of corruption, though, is illuminating: essentially, it amounts to Israel\u2019s use of the Broward County office as a patronage program, hiring unqualified political allies for cushy county public relations jobs. –The Federalist<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n From the Sun Sentinel:<\/a><\/p>\n The outreach workers, who mainly attend community events, are in addition to political activists and others Israel hired into community affairs roles, writing and designing printed pieces about the agency, and sharing it on social media. The employee log shows six hired into community affairs roles, their salaries totaling 388,729.\u00a0Israel\u2019s opponents say he\u2019s built a publicly funded political machine, paying back supporters with jobs and using them to keep him in office<\/strong>. They say the money could be better spent, particularly after the sheriff complained about not having enough funding to secure the county courthouse, where a murder suspect recently escaped.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Israel was also\u00a0accused of<\/a>\u00a0taking donations from a convicted felon in the “Cuban Mafia”\u2026<\/p>\n Israel was criticized in 2014 after a political action committee supporting his re-election campaign for sheriff accepted thousands of dollars in donations\u00a0from a convicted felon<\/a>.<\/p>\n The donor,\u00a0Yoram Izhak, was indicted for allegedly being part of an organized crime ring known as the \u201cCuban Mafia\u201d that \u201cwas allegedly involved in cocaine trafficking, arson, gambling and murder,\u201d according to Local10.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Meanwhile, Israel has morphed into a mouthpiece for the gun control movement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/hehlookatme_0.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nThe Broward County Sheriff’s Office Deputies Association has scheduled a no-confidence vote for Sheriff Scott Israel for “many instances of suspected malfeasance” among several claims that his conduct leading up to, and following, the Feb 14th Parkland school shooting. Union president Deputy Jeff Bell announced the upcoming vote on Friday. Of note,\u00a0Florida governor Rick Scott can fire Israel for<\/strong>\u00a0“malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect of duty (or) incompetence<\/strong>.” To that end,\u00a0Israel is accused by the Association of\u00a0<\/strong>“many instances of suspected malfeasance, misfeasance, failure to maintain fiduciary responsibility\u00a0<\/strong>by the sheriff, failure to\u00a0properly investigate<\/strong>possible criminal conduct<\/strong>\u00a0by members of his senior command staff and the\u00a0lack of leadership that has crushed morale throughout the agency<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n Seems like the Deputies Association is\u00a0about to give Governor Scott exactly what he needs to get rid of Israel, right down to the official language.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n