Company Profile
Broward Sheriff's Office
Company Overview
With aproximately 5,400 employees, including more than 2,800 certified deputies and more 600 fire rescue professionals, the Broward Sheriff's Office (BSO) is a full-service, nationally accredited public safety agency.
BSO provides full-time law enforcement services in 16 Broward cities and towns and in all of Broward's Unincorporated areas, serving more than one-third of the county. In addition, BSO protects the Broward County Courthouse, the Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, areas of the Everglades and the county's waterways, including Port Everglades.
The Department of Law Enforcement, in addition to road patrol and other customary operations, administers special units including the Bomb Squad, the K-9 (canine) Unit, School Resource Deputy Unit and the Child Protective Investigations Section (CPIS), which investigates allegations of abuse and neglect against Broward County's children.
BSO's Department of Detention and Community Programs administers the county's five jails and its offender programs including Drug Court and County Probation. The agency also manages 9-1-1 intake for the county and dispatch services for BSO and several local law enforcement agencies.
In October 2003, administration of the county's fire rescue operations was transferred to BSO. The Department of Fire Rescue provides fire suppression, fire protection, emergency medical services and educational programs for most Unincorporated areas of Broward County and to several contracted municipalities in Broward County.
With more than 700 professional and highly-trained operations, support and administrative personnel, the Broward Sheriff's Office Department of Fire Rescue and Emergency Services provides fire suppression, fire protection, emergency medical services and educational programs for most Unincorporated areas of Broward County and to the municipalities of Weston, Pembroke Park, Cooper City, Lauderdale Lakes, Dania Beach and Deerfield Beach through contract agreements. Additionally, the department serves Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Port Everglades. Fire Rescue also operates countywide Hazardous Materials, Air Rescue, Everglades Rescue, and Technical Rescue teams.
Company History
The Broward County Sheriff's Office, the chief law enforcement agency in Broward County is one of the largest, most progressive, professional and respected organizations in the State of Florida. BSO serves our community with law enforcement, detention and fire rescue services in the Unincorporated areas of Broward County as well as in 13 local municipalities through contract services. All the vast resources of the agency are available to any municipality within Broward County.
Benefits
The Broward Sheriff's Office employs a diverse group of men and women in the public safety profession, encompassing Law Enforcement and Fire Rescue Emergency Services. Below is a sampling of some of the employee benefits the agency offers:
• Medical Insurance: Various plans including HMO, HMO Open Access and POS options with pre-tax premium conversion available. New employees are eligible on the first of the month following the date of hire. Prescription plans are also offered
• Domestic Partner coverage: Medical, dental and vision coverage is offered
• Life Insurance: One times salary for basic life and AD&D at no cost to the employee. Additional voluntary term life and dependent life are also available
• Dental Insurance: Three plans (DHMO, PPO and Indemnity) are available and pre-tax premium conversion is an option
• Line of Duty benefits
• Vision Care Insurance: 100% of the premium for single and family coverage paid for by the Broward Sheriff's Office (in combination with medical insurance election).
• Voluntary Long and Short-Term Disability.
• Voluntary Long Term Care Insurance
• Retirement plan under the Florida Retirement System.
• Sick leave, annual leave, holiday leave, bereavement leave, military leave, personal day, bonus days
• Sick leave pool and donated leave program
• 24-hour fitness center
• Employee Assistance Program, on-site and through medical insurance
• Wellness programs including on-site lunch-time seminars and health screenings for blood pressure, cholesterol, etc.
• Florida Prepaid College Program payroll deduction program
• On-site insurance representatives for medical, dental and vision programs
• Voluntary Legal aid discount program
• Flu and Hepatitis B vaccines at no charge