Thin Blue Line: Hardee County Sheriff

Sunday, 23 December 2012

Hardee County Sheriff

The Communications Division of Broward Sheriff's Office is responsible for 911 call-taking, dispatch, and teletype services for all Broward Sheriff's Office Districts. In addition, BSO also provides these services for several municipal police departments including, Town of Davie, Village of Sea Ranch Lakes, City of Lauderhill, City of Hallandale Beach, and Town of Lighthouse Point. In addition, BSO communications employees staff the dispatch center of Fort Lauderdale Police Department, however they operate off of separate radio channels and do not mix between BSO Law Enforcement Dispatch, and Fort Lauderdale Police Dispatch.The Communications Division also provides dispatch services for the Broward Sheriff's Office Department of Fire Rescue and Emergency Services, as well as for several municipal fire departments. Davie Fire-Rescue, Oakland Park Fire-Rescue, Lighthouse Point Fire-Rescue, Lauderhill Fire-Rescue, North Lauderdale Fire-Rescue, Southwest Ranches Fire-Rescue, Tamarac Fire-Rescue, and Hallandale Beach Fire-Rescue are all dispatched by BSO Communications and operate on dispatch 2F North, 4F South, or 5F West respectively. Prior to 1999 BSO also dispatched Fort Lauderdale Fire-Rescue on 3F Central, however on November 21, 1999 Fort Lauderdale took over their own dispatch operations.