Union officials blasted recommendations to fire ten Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO) deputies over a Tamarac triple homicide. The International Union Of Police Associations (IUPA) Local 6020 condemned the recommendations made by the BSO Professional Standards Committee to terminate the deputies in a letter Friday afternoon. Earlier this week, REDBROWARD first reported the PSC findings from its investigation to deputies conduct surrounding the murders of Mary Gingles, David Ponzer and Andrew Ferrin in February 2025.

In its letter, Union president Dan Rakofsky blasted “this biased disciplinary process and this scapegoating of our members in the pursuit of public relations goals.” He said the deputies’ due process rights were continuously violated due to a February press conference by Sheriff Gregory Tony.

“These excessive punishments demonstrate an overreaction by the Sheriff, where gaps in the agency’s capabilities have been exposed, along with many systemic and institutional processes in need of better oversight and/or revision,” Rakofsky said. “Employees who have dedicated their lives to protecting this community throughout their police careers have been sacrificed as political cover for the failures of the systems and processes of the agency at large.”

“This is an overreaction for public effect that does nothing to prevent the next tragedy. The termination of many of these heroes does nothing to make the people of Broward County safer,” he said.

Rakofsky vowed to vigorously defend his members as this process continues.