"Sheriff Scott Israel: 5 Fast Facts You Need To Know"

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The sheriff of Broward County has described the February 14 high school shooting in his jurisdiction as “Catastrophic. There are really no words.” Sheriff Scott Israel has been in office since January 2013 having been elected to the office on a Democrat ticket the previous month. The Broward County Sheriff’s office is among the largest accredited sheriff’s office in the country. Sheriff Israel was reelected in 2016 by the largest winning margin of any Broward County sheriff in 30 years.
Sheriff Israel is the first Jewish sheriff in Florida history...

According to Sheriff Israel’s official profile, he’s a former high school football coach and recipient of the Brian Piccolo Coach of the Year award. In high school, Sheriff Israel had been the quarterback of his high school team. While in 2014, the sheriff’s son, Brett Israel, was the starting quarterback for Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School. All of their kids attended the school with Black being a safety on the football team as well as a midfielder in lacrosse and Blake being a sprinter on the track team.

In an interview with the Sun Sentinel, Sheriff Israel said that he is a practicing Jewish person...

In August 2016, part of Sheriff Israel’s campaign centered around his faith. The sheriff was quoted on one of his ad posters as saying, “My Jewish faith is a central part of my central life. My late father Sonny Israel fought in the Korean War and became a police officer because he believed in the call from the Talmud..."