FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A special master appointed by the president of the Florida Senate has recommended that suspended Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel be reinstated.
Special Master Dudley Goodlette, while not completely exonerating Israel, wrote in his recommendation Tuesday that Gov.
"In broad strokes, the governor claims that Sheriff Israel's failed leadership resulted in multiple deaths from two mass shooting incidents in Broward County," Goodlette wrote.
Dudley Goodlette, special master appointed in the Florida Senate hearing for suspended Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel, listens to Israel's attorneys, June 19, 2019, in Tallahassee, Florida.
"However, I cannot adopt the governor's position that their personal failures, in and of themselves, create grounds to remove Sheriff Israel."