Broward Sheriff Tony broke state ethics law by using confidential police data to obtain PhD, his thesis shows



Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony in his Nova Southeastern University cap and gown before receiving his PhD in criminal justice in June 2024.

By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org

Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony is proud of getting his doctorate in criminal justice – and vain enough to spend taxpayer's funds to add “Dr.” and “PhD” next to his name everywhere he can think of.

Since not long after he got his degree at Nova Southeastern University in 2024 the words "Sheriff Gregory Tony PhD” have been incorporated beneath the agency's badge-style logo. It's omnipresent around BSO, especially at its lavish new training center where it's painted on walls, embedded in floors and even imprinted on shower curtains in locker rooms.

Recently, the only Florida sheriff to attain a doctorate has brought his joy of educational achievement to the public. On BSO's website, he posted a link to his 71-page doctoral dissertation titled “Measuring the Effectiveness of Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) in Law Enforcement: An Urban Analysis of the Broward Sheriff’s Office”. [The link on Tony's biography page was removed last weekend.]




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