BSO Deputy faces legal costs in reference to 2021 site visitors cease
A Broward Sheriff’s Workplace (BSO) deputy is dealing with a number of legal costs in relation to a January 2021 site visitors cease in Dania Seashore.
Reviews are that Deputy Carlos Ferrufino, 34, turned himself in on Tuesday.
Following an inside investigation, Ferrufino, is dealing with two counts of misdemeanor battery, one depend of tampering with proof, and one depend of petit theft.
In response to reviews, two years in the past BSO investigators mentioned Ferrufino responded to the scene of a site visitors cease as a backup deputy.
It’s mentioned that he used his taser on a driver. The driving force’s relations then emerged from their residence after listening to a disturbance, when one in every of them began recording the interplay.
Reviews are that Detective Ferrufino allegedly hit the cellphone out of the person’s hand and tased him.
The cellular phone was collected on the scene as proof, nevertheless, investigators mentioned Dep. Ferrufino by no means submitted the cellphone into proof.
BSO says Dep. Ferrufino is presently suspended with out pay.
Sheriff Gregory Tony mentioned that as regulation enforcement officers, it’s their oath to uphold the regulation which doesn’t exempt them from following the regulation.
“There are penalties for breaking the regulation, even when it means bringing costs in opposition to one in every of our personal,” he mentioned.
“Everybody deserves to be handled with dignity and respect, and I count on the best stage of professionalism from all BSO personnel,” he added.