Whatever happened to Sheriff Scott Israel after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS shooting?

Remember Democratic Sheriff Scott Israel? He was the guy in charge of the inept crew of Scot Peterson and at least two other deputies who did not enter the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when Nikolas Cruz went on a shooting rampage, leaving 17 people dead on February 14, 2018. He was also criticized for not taking control in the aftermath of the Fort Lauderdale shooting in the previous year where 6 people were killed and 6 were injured.

It was Scott Israel who admittedly rewrote the Broward Sheriff's Office active shooter policy on active shooters, which originally stated that law enforcement "shall" go in after the shooter, to "may" go in after the shooter. This rewritten shooter policy which was in effect the day of the shooting had not been brought to the public's attention until the commission meeting on November 15, 2018.

Israel was elected as the 16th Sheriff of Broward County, FL from 2013 until his suspension on January 11, 2019.

He first became a patrol officer for the Fort Lauderdale PD in 1979. In the subsequent decade he was investigated for 10 incidents by the Fort Lauderdale Police Department Internal Affairs division. There were 6 accusations of "excessive or unnecessary force", shooting at a drug suspect, and using profanity. He was cleared of wrongdoing, however, records of five of these investigations indicate two of the more serious incidents, which involved allegations of false arrest and theft, were subsequently reported to miraculously missing from the city records.

After the high school shootings in May 2018, the Broward Sheriff's Office Deputies Association paid for a billboard on Interstate 95 appealing for then- Governor Rick Scott and referencing their vote regarding Israel with the words: "There is no confidence in Sheriff Israel." They called for his removal.

Israel interviewed with CNN's Jake Tapper about the incident. You can read the whole transcript here.

On January 11, 2019, Gov. Ron DeSantis officially suspended him and appointed Gregory Tony as his successor.

So where is Scott Israel now?

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Scott Israel was eventually hired by the Davie Police Department as a traffic infraction enforcement officer. His salary is $65,000 a year, and now he is responsible for reviewing video footage of red light cameras. 

This full-time job has the former Sheriff looking at the city's five red light cameras and appearing in court if anyone challenges a ticket for running a red light. While the job was posted and three people applied, only Israel was interviewed and this sounds scandalous.

Hopefully Scott Israel will handle this job better than the one he had as Sheriff.

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