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Revision as of 14:41, 16 May 2009

Broward County, FL

Public Safety

BSO map

Overview

Broward County, Florida provides fire and rescue as well as police services to unincorporated areas of the county and by contract to several municipalities.

As part of an effort to unify the various and sundry pieces under one umbrella, former Sheriff Ken Jenne took over police services for municipalities such as Pompano Beach, Deerfield Beach, and Tamarac. BSO (Broward Sheriff's Office) also provides dispatch and communications services for even more jurisdictions that have their own police departments.

He also took over the county Department of Fire Rescue in October 2003 when all operational and administrative responsibilities were transferred from the Broward County Board of County Commissioners to the Broward Sheriff's Office. As with police services, several jurisdictions contract for fire and rescue services from Broward County rather than maintaining their own fleet and employees.

This overlap can be confusing to the newcomer trying to monitor public safety communications in Broward. BSO law enforcement covers roughly 40% of the populated area of Broward County, but dispatches about 60% of it. Of the remainder, most have their own radio systems, some of which are zones of the Broward SmartZone trunked system. There are a few conventional systems still in use, as well.

Who Is Where

1 - TRS = trunked radio system; BC TRS = Broward County TRS

2 - Although Broward County subsumed other trunked systems into its SmartZone plan, for the purposes of the scanner enthusiast you should program each Broward County TRS site as a separate trunked system into your scanner. This will have to be done manually, as the automated web service of RadioReference will glom all talkgroups into the same system on your scanner and you will not hear what you expect to hear.

Fire and EMS

Police Services

External Links

Broward fire official site, part of BSO

Broward Sheriff's Office Homepage