FDLE Investigating Sheriff Over Super Bowl? Good.

• Here's the deal. They investigate this "non issue" find it was at worst "poor judgement" and he says "sorry"...everyone feels it was a waste of time and taxpayer monies for the investigation and actually will seem like a "witch hunt"...and in the minds of the taxpayers will seem like we are "picking" on the sheriff and he will have the sympathy card to play when and if any REAL issues are investigated.

• Louis, you could be fucking a $20 crack whore while your wife is giving birth in the next room and nobody would give a shit UNLESS you are the sheriff of Broward County or some other supposedly "respected" leader.

• Lol

• Hey linda whats with the pos stuff,i hope your not taking it out on me because the jews are going to get wiped out by the middle east,they had it with you people,i just plan on watching it on one of my tv's and eating popcorn,as far as the jew lawyer thing goes thats what that sb rothstien calls himself,remember my 2 favorate teams are the miami dolphins and iran !

• Hey Broward Co.----- Seems you have alot of bad apples in the barrel.Get the criminals that are running your community out office! It also seems that many people besides Sheriff Lamberti are hooked up down there. School Board members, City Council members, bad attns. like Rothstein & Adler & Partners, Judges like Larry Seidlin. the list goes on and on. Aren't many of the crooks down there "PALS". BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER. I love Ft.Lauderdale, Keep going after the bad guys Bob.

• Ari has been a great legislator for my District and he will be a GREAT County Commissioner!!

• That would be PATTE in Tamarac, Not Patti

• You're post is absolutely correct. It is well reasoned intelligent posts like these that provide a good barometer of the "pulse" of the situation. Those of you who are here "Astroturfing" (from both sides) read the above post. I miss courthouse mouse too.

• 2 of the guys that were fired lost in arbitration, 1 got his job back. How bad do you have to fuck up to lose at Arbitration? Well a guy who was awaiting trial for 30 felonies won his job back in arbitration. I don't think it is karmatic. If an arbitrator didn't reinstate them, they deserved to be fired.

• Given the impunity-saturated environment at BSO, as at the school board and elsewhere in the county and city, it's not surprising that Lamberti's son was improperly credentialed. It's sad, though, that alternative ways of giving the kid a leg up on his LE career weren't thought of. That very long source that Christy linked to and jad read and fed pertinent parts of to us would have been a good place to start. ("It's not just about crowd control at a football game, son. Even though of course we hope nothing will happen, there are many very serious considerations. &c&c&c") Maybe the sheriff could have arranged for the kid to watch the fast-roping practice sessions in the stadium. & then stay home and watch the game like millions of others.

• This man is a disgrace to Broward County. He has a set of rules that apply to him and his henchmen and hangs employee's by the testicles any chance he / they get. This has to be the end of the road for this appointed POS! Resign Lamberti, you are a disgrace!

• @ Anthony, I have known Lamberti since the Deerfield merger. So I am not sure how much better you know him than I, I bow to your better knowledge. Everyone that knows Lamberti (and has for years) knows that he is not corrupt. A bad Sheriff? I'd agree. Why because he used poor judgment. He is trying hard to be a politician instead of being a cop. Cops make bad politicians. He is listening to the wrong people. His first acts as Sheriff, including promoting Benji were disasterous. You're kind of right. I WAS a lower level BSO employee, but I worked in specialized units (SET, training, district CI, and Downtown CI) for most of my career.

• Tell Lamberti we'll give Nick up for Benjamin and Wheeler. Therefore saving his sorry ass and putting the true criminals if not in jail, at least out of work.

• No it is not. I am not any of those people you just described and I do know who you are referring to. I am simply one of those regular people who knows AL better than you do and am outraged at the depth of his corruption and his continuing demonstration of inept and immoral administration. You seem like a sharp guy and probably a BSO lower level employee - OK. But relativity when discussing wrongdoing is not the solution. Wrong is wrong. AL is wrong to the soles of his feet.

• Tat was GOOD MORNING ALL

• Good Morning Al! In this case I'm giving the benefit of the doubt to Al Lamberti. In my opinion there was no malice or criminal intent indended. Just the Sheriff having the opportunity to bring his son along to the big event. In hindsight it was wrong to create documents for the son. I think it will not happen again and there are alot more horrible things going on here in Broward County and the BSO(Like removing Benjamin "The Bag Man")that deserve investigation. Have a Great Day! “Men trip not on mountains, they trip on molehills” Chinese Proverb

• Christy -- That last link was to a brochure (that had been prepared in March of 2007), titled “Planning and Managing Security for Major Special Events: Guidelines for Law Enforcement.” The COPS (Community Oriented Policing Services) program of the U.S. Department of Justice has been credited with this manual. On pages xi & xii, under the heading of “Responsibility Areas,” numbered section (6) titled “Credentialing,” contained a paragraph that reads as “A credential (unlike a ticket) identifies specific individuals who are allowed access to a venue for a purpose. Expenses associated with credentialing (background checks, production costs for “high tech” badges) may result in cutting corners. Sophisticated badge-making equipment and software involves placing holographs on badges, making them difficult to counterfeit. More commonly, numerical and/or color codes are used to indicate perimeter access, personnel functions, permission to carry service weapons, etc. In the future, event badges may include biometric identification and bar coding. A checklist of considerations for credentialing is included in the guidelines report. This important function begins early in the planning phase and continues after the event. It includes obtaining adequate funding for event planning, training, payment of overtime, purchase of equipment and supplies, etc.; identifying, handling, and coordinating the needs of each subcommittee; ordering, leasing, and/or borrowing equipment; and many other details.” On page xxiii, the Table of Contents lists “Credentialing” under “Discussion of Major Special Event Security Key Functional Areas” to be located at page 46. On page 46, under “Credentialing” is the topic “The Key Questions to Ask,” which key questions are listed as: Do we have a plan and process to produce credentials for the special event? Do we have adequate technology to produce credentials? Do we have the required personnel contact information in a database to produce credentials? If we don’t have the capacity to produce credentials in-house, what agency can we partner with to help us? On page 47, the topic of “Some tips and considerations for credentialing at special events include” the following: Provide adequate information on badges to verify the identity of wearers and their level of access. Make codes easy for security personnel to interpret. Include enough security features to prevent counterfeiting and assist in credential verification. Who will get credentialed? Which credentialed personnel require police background records checks? Who will conduct the records checks? What criteria will be used to exclude people from receiving badges? Who will handle credential production? How will credentials be distributed? Where will the credentialing center be located (must be open prior to and during event)? The subject matter of pages 46 & 47 present “Credentialing” as: The Secret Service notes the following in its training regarding the mission of major events credentialing: The mission of major events credentialing is to design and produce badge identification to ensure the greatest possible level of security for personnel and property, and to enhance the ability of law enforcement to control access to secure areas, facilities, and events. Because proper credentialing can be very expensive, some special event organizers cut corners on this task. They sometimes don’t conduct proper background checks on personnel and don’t invest in badges that can’t be counterfeited. The Secret Service stresses the difference between a “credential” and a “ticket.” A credential identifies specific individuals who are allowed access to a venue for a purpose. A ticket is issued to spectators or the general public. Security staff should not confuse the two. A ticket to enter an event is not a credential—you cannot assume that someone with a ticket has been vetted for security purposes. Badges are typically color-coded to show perimeter access. For example, referring back to Exhibit 2, a purple badge may allow access to the middle perimeter and red allows access to the inner perimeter. All security personnel should receive briefing packets that show the badge colors and explain the access codes. For most major special events, photo identification is also part of the badge. Color-coding might also be used to designate functions of personnel: blue equals law enforcement, green for government staff, orange for VIPs and dignitaries, etc. Using credentials also allows security planners to create zones within perimeters. In other words, security can allow someone access to the inner perimeter but still restrict them from having access to VIPs, performers, etc. At NASCAR races, some people are issued color-coded credentials that allow them access to the infield, so they can walk around and see the drivers and their RVs; however, they are restricted from actually walking around the “pits” unless they have a special badge. Badges can also identify who is law enforcement, who is allowed to carry a firearm, who has escort privileges, and more. The two parts of credentialing that are costly are doing background checks on personnel who are issued badges and badge technology. Event security planners may need to run background checks (at a minimum, National Crime Information Center (NCIC) checks) on some people being granted inner perimeter access depending on the nature of the event and the VIPs in attendance (political figures, foreign heads of state, etc.). For example, if an event is held in a hotel, can hotel management verify that they have had local law enforcement run a background check on a waiter with inner perimeter access? Has the waiter worked for the hotel for many years? If the waiter is new and no background check was done, security staff should conduct one if that person will be given a badge to the inner perimeter. The technology involves cameras to take photo identification, computers to store contact information, and badge-making equipment. Sophisticated badge-making equipment and software involves placing holographs on the badges so that they are difficult to counterfeit. In the future, event badges may also include some biometric identification and bar coding. Page 63 starts the publication about “Training” which proceeds to page 66, and it is very interesting. It seems that there is an assumption that all credentialed members of the security team have received some form of specialized training in preparation for the major event. Page 79 has briefs on subjects, such as “Field Supervision” & “Access Control.” “Field Supervision” is described as “During special events, the security director needs to especially monitor all field activities, which is the line of defense where people intent on defeating security will come in contact with security forces. The most important personnel in ensuring the implementation fidelity for the security plan are the field commanders and supervisors. Selecting highly competent, experienced, and professional field commanders and supervisors is the key to implementing event security plans. The security director needs to maintain constant contact with these commanders and supervisors throughout the event to check and monitor security. Field supervisors should be encouraged to make decisions regarding security issues and problems, in line with the overall operational security plans, at their level. If the problems require management review, supervisors can contact field commanders. Commanders then decide whether the decision is within their scope of authority or refer the decision to the security director. Even if the issue or problem is resolved at lower levels, supervisors and commanders should still notify the central communications command center so that the matter can be recorded. For some key actions (e.g., confrontational situations, any use of force, arrests, injuries to officers, etc.), the security director needs to be notified immediately. The protocol for how and to whom all these issues are communicated should be spelled out in the security operational plan.” Page 81 has briefs on subjects, such as “Central Communications Command Center” & “Intelligence.” “Intelligence” is described as “One of the critical parts of managing the operational security event is to continue on with a proactive intelligence function. As discussed in Section 5 on intelligence, obtaining and sharing timely information is critical, especially information that could impact event security. Intelligence units should continue to contact sources during the event and provide regular briefings to staff in the central communications command center. For larger events, intelligence units may also be posted in the field observing event activities, spectators, and others and providing counter surveillance if needed.” ________________________________________ After reading & interpreting the manual, it seems that the sheriff may have stepped on some toes, when indiscriminately handing out credentials. Sheriff Lamberti would have or should have known that the top of the command would have been located in Miami-Dade County, because it was that county that had the responsibility for the credential checks -- which they failed at, miserably (thanks to Lamberti’s allowance of duplicity). Apparently, the sheriff has been at the top for so long, at the local level (in Broward County), that he no longer knows how to follow a chain of command, when there is a much larger operating theater in the State of Florida. This does not even address how ridiculous the local sheriff made the Secret Service appear. There are definitely some jurisdictional issues here. And, Broward County is the inferior in the matter. The sheriff was not the one in command, although he acted as though he were. His brown-nosing sycophants mislead him. This is not just the fault of his boot-lickers. The sheriff has knowingly surrounded himself with these types. Just look at Benjamin & Wheeler. Those 2 acted for the benefit of a convicted racketeer, Scott Rothstein, who pulled off the largest ponzi (money-laundering) scheme in Florida, to date (according to an episode of the nationally broadcast CNBC series of American Greed). The sheriff did not even mete out a punishment when he found out that one of his underlings had gone into a private business venture together with the scamster Rothstein. And, we all know about the avoidance of Customs & Homeland Security with that trip to Morocco. This sheriff acts as though the laws do not apply to any one he decides he wants to opt out, whether it is himself, a family member, an underling, or other associate. This story is not about a take-your-kid to work day. The sheriff is a public servant, who is the highest in command over thousand of officers & employees. There is a saying that what is good for the goose is good for the gander. What is going to happen when the department realizes all that the boss can get away with and demands some of the same for themselves? What is going to happen in Broward County when the criminals start using the sheriff’s acts and those of his underlings as ways to avoid giving testimony -- claiming the department is severely tainted and would not know the difference between perjured testimony from that truthfully given? The sheriff has to admit that the trouble does not lie with his son. The trouble lies with himself. This was no small decision that should have no consequences. We have men & women in battle in wars around the globe. I don’t think that they are fighting to come back to a locale where there is such a planted aristocracy that acts of endangerment over the citizenry can be made with impunity. He has to man-up and admit the severity of his lapses in judgment. He should also ask those at FDLE, Homeland Security, the Secret Service, and Miami-Dade County if his breach of the rules should require him to step down.

• http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/files/ric/Publications/e07071299_web.pdf

• Pulp, Please review! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbjc4XNpGUs&NR=1&feature=fvwp

• The real Secuirty Tax payer pay for: NOT Nick Jr. BSO0000 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE391kNCTYs&feature=related

• Pulp, Security Superbowl Big Bucks, Money, Technology http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm0rv-QN6lE

• Homeland security Superbowl :(HUGE) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3cCRrT5at8

• Bob Norman Please review this, http://video.tbo.com/v/21865620/police-officers-get-special-training-for-super-bowl-security.htm Superbowl security Even the Dogs have SPECIAL security training and certification.

• Pulp shed light on this.

• Schnacen might have written the false documents but Lamberti Ok'd them by taking his son and allowing him to wear the false security ID.

• I just think the Sheriff received poor advice on this issue. He should have come clean and admitted that he used his power to take his kid to the Super Bowl. Take his lumps and move on. However, when you start down a path of obfuscation, there is no turning back. And when you follow that path, it rarely ends well.

• You are nothing but a pea brain!

• I guess the lesson there would be karma is a bitch.

• this is being blown up, not by the NFL, MDPD, Secret Service or anything like that. It is being blown up by a few Ex BSO Employees who were fired by Lamberti and a guy who lost an election and wants to win the next one. This also has the fingerprints of a formally federally indicted BSO Captain all over it.

• Especially since he is under the age of 16. Don't you have to be at least 16 to work without some type of approval?

• It seems like it was blown off by the ranks until the NFL found out about it then poof, investigation.

• A form was falsified for a minor. Isn't this relevant at some point?

• You are nothing but a pea brain!

• This Is POS is a disgusting ignorant illiterate SLUG!

• It is wrong to do in the true sense, however put in perspective, and I'm looking at the whole picture, he had the opportunity to have his son go to the Super Bowl because he's the Sheriff of Broward County, Wrong to manipulate the documents yes. In this case I don't think it should be a capital offense. Don't waste time and money.

• First off nobody has said Lamberti falsified any document. At best Schnackengerg did. Secondly, I am certain there is going to be some legal debate as to wheter the document in question meets the legal definition of an "official record." That part is not a slam dunk.

• Patti,hey dont worry about me addressing lawyers i do it all the time head on because there scum and as far as the jews go that will be handled by the middle east,so i dont even have to worry about that mabey you do!

• You are right. It's OK for the sheriff to falsify some official records. How many do you think is OK? 1, 7, 673? When you come up with a number, let us all know and we will hold him to it,

• Ignorant illiterate Go To Hell!

• Patti,scot rothstien is not an irish man he is a jew lawyer he calls himself a jew he is a jew,and thats the bottom line and so are the other scumbags lawyers in that mess there all fn jew lawyers,they should strighten themselfs out there disgusting,and the whole world fn hates em.

• I think Al is an honest hard working guy. As I have said before he's in over his head and he's listening to the wrong people.

• Off topic but a great sign of Ari Porth. He is sponsoring a bill to eliminate minimum mandatories for non violent drug offenses. I dont know him, but finally some common sense legislating. He can never win... He seems honest and rational.

• Many of you might find it interesting to know that BSO just this week issued a new revision of their Policy & Procedures Manual about employees' conduct. It gets very detailed and righteous in prohibiting certain behaviors. Where it gets ironic is the inherent hypocrisy in the issuance of this latest list of orders. The policies they are breaking bad on are NOT those recently broken or recognized as problems for with the troops. It is all about the exposed behaviors of Lamberti himself and his top staff. The book is all about the actions of the cheats and liars named Wheeler, Benjamin, Santucci, Snakenberg, Lamberti, Prichard, ad nauseum. The incredible gall of these people. There oughta be a law!

• I agree. Lamberti's actions of deception by securing Jr. a pass with false BSO credentials is a fraud. If Lamberti had taken Jr. along without the false credentials I would be OK with that. I do not like the falsification. I was working th other day and asked for identification. A man showed me his liscense with a police badge under it, a quick flash. When I asked him what the credential was he said his dad is a police officer. Yet Jr. had the badge. For a quick flash to me of "Power" if I had not asked I would have assumed this young man was an officer. Just another example of fraud IMHO.

• Another analysis: There is a (remote) chance that the Super Bowl will subject to a terrorist threat or even attack. What is the rational staging area for law enforcement leadership? At the very center of the target? Or at a remote and safe location? The fact that the Sheriff was on the scene and, thus, would have been risking his son's life, had there been any real danger, suggests to me that the guys went down to watch the game on the company dime. In another context, my father did the same for me many times, although my name never appeared in the case record. That somebody at BSO lied on a form, for whatever reason, only means that the next time I am on a jury, the credibility of BSO will be equal to that of the defendant, in short, I'll assume both are liars. Given that old standart of proof thingy (beyond a reasonable doubt), I could not vote for guilty verdict for any defendant because the police are not trustworthy. Isn't that a wonderful thing for law enforcement to have achieved? Bum (Them-was-Cuban-Cigars) Farto

• I agree. In hindsight he should have not manipulated the records. but so what. Don't waste time and money investigating this non-issue. Let the Sheriff do his job and let's all move on.

• Virgie I have Parkland man enrolled at the Jethro Bodine Academy ..." MM3 is our mentor" please do not disrupt my student !!! PS... And I do work weekends

• You are DISGUSTING!!! "Jew Lawyer" is not what you should be saying. If you have a problem with attorneys, address the problem. If you have a problem with Jews, address the problem. If you are just a prejudiced idiot, then I understand your rant.

• This is really a conundrum for me. I like Al Lamberti. I like his family. I worked with his wife for a long time. She is as dedicated to getting the job done in her field as he is in his. They are good people. I also like his previous opponent, Scott Israel. I worked with him at FLPD, and found him to be as dedicated then as Al Lamberti is now. I DON'T like the BSO connection to Scott Rothstein, (nor the FLPD connection with him). I do NOT understand the political "hacks" who occupy positions of importance at BSO..no law enforcement experience, just political connections...this is not good, and they serve no law enforcement purpose. This is starting to sound like the school board mess...let's hire people who are known to the people who helped in our election. Someone has to take a stand. I hope that Sheriff Lamberti does so. What happened at last year's Super Bowl was very understandable from a parental point of view. My children flew on corporate jets between here and New Jersey many, many times because of my position at a FBO, (fixed base operator), at Fort Lauderdale Airport. It was a "perk" of my job...never asked for, but always appreciated. The difference being that everyone else at the FBO had the same opportunity, it was an open invitation to those at Sunny South. I think that my friend, Sheriff Lamberti,made a mistake. I don't think that he used his position to DEMAND that Nick be included, I think that "someone" advised him that the opportunity was available. If it had been me, and it didn't cost anything, or negatively impact anyone, I would have jumped at the chance to allow my children to experience something that very, very few people ever get to experience. The difference is how the opportunity came to be available...and who brought it up. I hope that the political hacks in BSO presented it as a "fait accompli." A done deal that was available to everyone...and here's your pass. Or else, I'm just still tilting at windmills, and it was done because, "I'm the Sheriff, and I can." I've never seen Al Lamberti in that light. I hope that it's not true.

• It will come out that him and his son were in fact walking around the field and were in the skyboxes. That load of BS that he was outside watching the game is absolutely absurd Witnesses will come forward and testify to that claim. He continually lies and its time the truth comes out...

• I am missing football season and it's only February. Christy BSO0000

• Here's the key to this: How much was Nick Lamberti's experience worth? It's not corruption if you don't get something valuable in return. If Nick Lamberti watched the game in a skybox and had an all-access pass that allowed him to meet the players, etc., then everyone agrees that's a huge value. But if he's in the parking lot schlepping along with his dad in security, then it's worth nothing. The kid missed the Super Bowl. If he's interested in law enforcement and wanted to see a major security operation from behind the scenes, then that's worth something I suppose. But how is that corrupt? I don't see it. Now was a form falsified to get him in? Technically, yes. Nick Lamberti wasn't an employee of the sheriff's office. But who actually falsified the document? Was it the sheriff himself? Or was it Frey or Schnakenberg? Does somebody deserve to lose their job or elected position over it? Does somebody deserve a felony charge of official misconduct over it? I just don't see it, but again, the investigation might uncover new information that changes my mind.

• Virgil, You crack me up !

• The Super Bowl is on Sunday. Haven't you heard? DCF doesn't work on weekends.

• I don't think it's nonsense but I also don't think it's a crime from what we know. That's why I think it's good that the investigation is taking place. Let's get to the bottom of it.

• Weekend at Bernies III.....at the Super Bowl. I'll start on the screenplay immediately.

• What the hell is wrong with you? You forgot to call him a jew. You're slipping Parkland, you're slipping.

• I like your comment. ; )

• If I had heard Lamberti had NOT taken his 15 year old son to the Super Bowl, I would have contacted the Department of Children and Families and turned his ass in ! He would then qualify for the (now defunct, thank God) WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD award from our old friend, Keith Obberman.

• I still think you're an illiterate ignorant SLUG!

• How exactly am I supporting Lamberti's actions? Read my post. See that's why it is so hard when you have an INDEPENDENT mind. I call the bullshit on both sides. So both sides attack me. Its laughable really. I actually post the statute violated and how it was violated and I'm a shill for Lamberti. My guess is your name is Scott, Russ, Jon, Ron, or Dan but it doesn't matter. Keep grinding away at that ax.

• I agree with ya Pulp, much to do about nutin'....however, as long as an investigation is active, no one can comment on it, huuuummmmmmmmmm, think of the Rothstein stuff, wow, he gets arrested, sentenced and is serving time, yet SO still has pending investigations???????? Listen, the sheriff should not be an elected position, period, end of story. However, who's gonna appoint 'em? The county commissioners????? That's a laugh, how does the sheriff investigate his bosses? Ya never hear of Miami-Dade having an issue with their Sheriff, that's cause he's the " Director". As such the guy don't need to politic, don't need to go out and "press da flesh", don't need to go after contract cities. In the same regard, you would have a school board-superintendent situation and we all know how that is working out. See to be elected in this or any other place, NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE is needed, no special skills, no training, no formal education, we elect fuckin morons, folks that could not find their own assholes with a flashlight, map and both hands. If it weren't for their husbands/lobbyist/developers pizzing in their ears about what to do or say these retards couldn't find their way to the office. It is a shame, di was a beautiful place, I mean...really look at the elected officials in this county! Gallagher? other then a fuckin' double wide ass/nose what did she bring???? Eggy? a fuckin Barry White song, " Be my baby, baby and let me make you a baby, baby", Ken Felon, Patti in Tamarac, Lil M, Crazy Ed, Diane....wow, I gotta stop, I'm gettin depressed......Wasserman-Rubin, Kraft ( both ) Ritter, Liberman......holy shit, I threw up in my mouth!!!!!!!!! BTW the CNBC show sucked, bunch of fuckin lawyers doin their best Snidely Whiplash impersonations, I mean, I looked up sleazebag in the dictionary and their photos were used as the example! I thought the shot Nurik gave you was bush league and told me, you got/get to him, you pushed his buttons, Pulp 1,Nurik0.

• Hey mike how many DUI's do you have that your so bitter at the cops,or were you a person at the pill mills and lost some money,or do they have a restraining order against you for beating your wife,come on man! the super bowl is over raided,its no big deal.now you can get pissed off at lawyers that will rob your dieing mother,stealing from everybody,but down here there loosing there mo jo and shiting in there pants waiting to get locked up,and go to jail were they belong.its going to be a claen sweep coming soon,need a rabbi lol

• Guilty as charged, Mike. I even altered my draft card (remember them) to reflect a higher age in order to obtain certain alcoholic beverages as a youth. Even last week, I was pulled over by the FHP, and again, I lied about not knowing the speed limit. Last night, my wife asked me if I liked her shoes, I said I did ,when I really didn't . I really don't know shoe-stuff and didn't want to get "into" talking about shoes or hurt her feelings. So, call the Draft Board , the FHP, my wife and make a big-ass stink about it since you are a pillar of morality who attents free events in SoFlo. Perhaps , Lamberti will arrest my ass and the cycle will be complete !

• I could care less about the politics that you always seem to be interjecting into this story. This is about ELECTED OFFICIAL using his position for personal gain. I do not give a fuck if he brought his dying mother to the game, it was and still is WRONG. But in Broward Town it is business as usual so I can understand why you support his actions. Must be POLITICAL.

• Not everyone has the morals that you have, which appears to be NONE!!! And I have attended numerous sporting events in South Florida for free but I didn't have to lie to obtain the tickets.

• I'd prefer to put up with all this public scrutinty and bullshit than to endure the rath of my wife for not getting my 15 year old son into a Super Bowl game. There was no crime here. The good people of Broward were not deprived of anything. This is NOT corruption. As far a the documents--- Who gives a shit ?

• I was discussing this with a friend who works for Internal Affairs with a South Florida Police Department, and he (as you would expect him to say) is that falsifying a document (as you have produced evidence of) is wrong. It is absolutely Official Misconduct if proven. If Lamberti had simply asked the NFL to allow him to bring his son and they had consented and he didn't file the proper paperwork in terms of receiving a gift, that wouldn't be as bad as falsifying a document to sneak your son in. And then the Sheriff wants us to believe that he went through all the trouble of falsifying a document just so his son could stand out in the stadium parking lot??? Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight

• Lamberti did come clean. He said he took his kid, they stayed in the command center and he's not apoologizing for it. I do believe that to be plausible. Especially since Lamberti said his son is has an interest in LE. The kid walking around every LE Leader from every major place he'd want to work saying hi, shaking his hand. The kid probably loved that. All of the BSO people kissing his ass trying to get him to put in a good word with daddy. It does make me wonder about the credentials Nick had at the BCS game though. Where he was photographed in a skybox with SR. I just hope everyone knows most of the "leaks" and comments calling for Lamberti's head have less to do with corruption and more to do with elections. So tonight when you say your prayers, ask for a change to the charter that makes the Sheriff (lifetime like Miami-Dade)appointed rather then elected or instead a viable candidate not name Isreal, Granteed, or Lamberti.

• Someone needs to check the flight manifests for the fleet of BSO choppers on Superbowl Sunday. I bet its a who's who of Broward corruption.

• What about the Orange Bowl? Was there security clearance with the Orange Bowl details. There was a picture in an earlier article that showed Lamberti and son with the Rothstein crew. (For the sake of the ongoing story, if there is any reference to either Benjamin or Wheeler, either one would be considered as part of the Rothstein crew, if anywhere around their REAL BOSS.). Also, there was a reference that the Lambertis enjoyed the VIP tent provided by Broward County racketeer Scott Rothstein. Did the sheriff believe that the way that he set the action for his minor child to access the Orange Bowl could be duplicated for the Superbowl? Should the Orange Bowl detail (of father & son) have happened? It does appear that there are not national security issues with the Orange Bowl, like those of the SuperBowl (remember the movie “Black Sunday”). However, what is the story with the Orange Bowl attendance by Sheriff Al & family member? Was that a detail? Was that a reportable GIFT? Does the sheriff even care? What’s going on with this public official & his sense of entitlement? WTF?

• C'mon ! Had I been in Lamberti's position, I would have taken my 15 years old son's best friend and his girlfriend too. I can't imagine NOT taking him. And, so would 99.99% of everyone else reading this. I'd bet big money that Pulp would have too.

• Virgil, your point is well taken... old saying -- "sometimes the cover up is worse than the crime." I think everyone just wants the guy to come clean and say, yeah I did it, I should report this as income or a gift, or whatever, take a few lumps and rebukes and move on. But nooooooo.... this can't stand, Lambe can't be wrong- Lambe likey takey sonny to gamey for freeeeeeeeeeeeee! Sorry, Karnack invaded my brain for a moment there.

• Nah....there's a TAT of a $ on her back though.

• Pulp writes: "Lamberti has since claimed that he and his son worked the entire time and didn't even watch the Super Bowl." __________________________________________________ This issue is uninportant to me, but does anyone honestly believe there is even a possibility that the above could be true? What was the kid's job, scanning the field for players from both teams, and reporting what was happening in the game?

• With JenJen?

• Gee Pulp - hedge your bets often? Make up your mind. You basically break the story, now you are giving out alternate endings... You really think this 15 year old kid came to the SUPER BOWL to watch how daddy does his job? Are you serious? If the job was that important and merited the keen mind and experience of the Sheriff personally, wouldn't his son be a distraction? Might that not be the best, most logical or safest time to have a "bring my kid to work day." I am sure that Sheriffs of departments providing security are given tickets to events all the time. However, it is normally done as a show of respect to that particular jurisdiction and to the leader of the personell providing the security. You think the Sheriff was walking around, checking unlocked doors, following a K9 officer, checking off security checklists, etc..? Hell no, that's what a Lt., Capt., Sgt. is for. All Lamberti has in any pics is a BIG ASS SMILE on his face, as he watched the Super Bowl with his son, for free. All I think about with this guy is -- the road patrol gets raises because they supported me, you guys working the jail didn't support me........ SCREW YOU. Tit for TAT baby -- the super bowl tics were the tat, so where's the tit?????

• Pulp, why do you and your wife continue to spin and cover for this corrupt Sheriff by down-playing the overwhelming evidence that Elgin Jones has uncovered during his investigation? Are you really saying that you think it's ok for an elected government official to submit falsified official documents so his son could get into the Super Bowl? I guess in your book it's also ok for the Sheriff to pass his minor son off as a Law Enforcement Officer working a detail . You and I both know that if anyone at BSO did this, the Sheriff would have had that person fired and charged with a crime. The actions of the Sheriff, and law enforcement officers who condone this sort of behavior are the reason why we're losing public support. The fact that the Sheriff hides behind the credo of "Pride In Service With Integrity" and demands this from all his employees, makes his actions even more deplorable.

• Funny, Pulp, but I seem to remember a picture in one of your earlier posts on this issue showing the Sheriff and his son in a photograph taken with some celebrities that was not while the Sheriff was outside working, but more like on the club level.

• The issue is this: In Browardtown, where anyone with a smidgeon of authority - and especially with those elected to office in positions where they have the public trust and preside over grand pools of [our] money - appears to be doing something outrageous, if not out-and-out egregious. That would include people "running" and creating policy that dictates the budgets and operations of cities, the county, school board and just about everything else in-between. BSO, law enforcement, investigative arms, etc., that are supposed to "look out for our interests" turn a blind eye, or worse, when they are part of the parasitic structure that feeds off of us. SO if the chief did something even minor, when he is supposed to be fixing our system (or contributing to its improved standing), and is instead acting like it is his right to sneak a perk - especially during these times - then he needs to be called on the carpet.

• Give me a million and a half dollars again and I will dust off my "not one scintilla of evidence"defense, after my thorough investigation, of course...hey it worked for the previous Sheriff

• All new schools get this. Ele A and Z got them even in the empty classrooms that are used for storage.

• If robbing people of their money is a crime, then put 98% of the lawyers in this town in jail. They do it everyday with the approval of the courts. And how about those PA judges who destroyed thousands of childrens lives with the cash for kids kick-backs. Something about these scumbags with law licenses that they can look beyond any kind of humanity and dive right for the money, no matter who gets hurt in the process. How can you ever expect justice when the officers of the court are money-grubbing criminals.

• Hey forget the super bowl already,its no big deal i go to them every year,now lets talk about the great job bso and the feds did closing down all them pill mills,job we'll done many lives will be saved over them shit birds being shut down,and speaking about shit birds=lawyers,how many of them scumbags are going to try to get them drug dealers back open or try to get them not to go to prison,for selling and killing people with the drugs they handed out like flyers,nobody seemed to talk about scott rothstien and the show he was on the other night,look at that scumbag jew lawyer stealing and all the new scumbag lawyers calling the people that got robbed victums what a bunch of shit that is,because now there going to try to clawback as much as possible and over charge(rob)everybody that got ripped off from rothstien and all his loosers lawyers in that lowlife firm,lawyer are like a paper bag with a hole in the bottom,im so happy the people lost there money they were looking to help steal from company's,they were buying settlement from lawyers that were screwing or said they were screwing company's and waiting on big returns,ha ha you lost ah.remember lawyers are lower them scum and thats the bottom line,the cops are good keep up the good work,keep putting lawyers and drug dealers in jail were they belong!!!!!!!

• I have no agenda with respect to Lamberti or his command staff. I think he's an honorable man in over his head. I do think Schnackenberg is in trouble. The key issue to this whole fiasco is going to be a technical one. That is whether or not the document Schnackenberg submitted to MDPD is an "official record." Not all documents meet the legal definition of Official Record. So even if he falsified the document, (which he clearly did) to benefit someone (which it did) the crime is official misconduct. To say the benefit is negligible is short sighted. With the job market as competitive as it is right now, and will be for the next few years. What is the value of rubbing shoulders with the leaders of every organiziation that you would want to work for? Nick Lamberti has expressed a desire to become a cop and even went to a junior g-man academy hosted by the FBI, only for members who've graduated the FBI academy by the way. Now he is given behind the scenes access to the largest law enforcement operation is South Florida? There is a benefit to that. Was he privy to meeting and operational plans that the public was not aware of? There are tons of reasons why this is a bad idea. A few that make it criminal. I just don't think Lamberti is going to be on the hook for it. Schnackenberg on the other hand... The political underpinings in this are horrible though. If you connect the dots, a lot of these anti-lamberti comments are being pushed by a political opponent, a couple of cops who got fired from BSO after campaigning for the political opponent, and a former colleague of Lamberti's from back in the OCD days who's privately backing the political opponent. Professional Jealousy is causing this whole mess we get to read about every day.

• Isn't this another case of our good friend Pulp being duped and distracted while much more serious things are taking place off camera?

• "Ultra High Net Worth Clients"

• Watched the Scamstein version of American Greed last night. I had to DVR it. You all were right it was pretty much a gloss over of the whole affair. Seeing some of the players was kind of neat though. Was it Bekkadam who was on the video touting his hedge fund? Bob here's a recommendation--how about a "where are they now" article on the players. Kimmie, Barry, George, Teddie Morse, the a-hole from TD Bank and the rest of them. Oh yeah is Debra Villegas in jail yet?

• The FDLE is as useless as BSO. I expect nothing more than a letter of admonishment. The never-ending South Florida circle jerk.

• Sorry Mr. Pulp, I think you are soft balling this guy (again) and wishfully hoping that it all passes. It will not and should not. If it is all nonsense, then why has Lamberti sent local lawyer and legend in his own mind, John Contini to various media and others trying to get them to back off? Why has the Captain who prepared the specific official document retained a lawyer for himself? Why all the hush hush meetings with the BSO lawyers almost every day and the intense internal search of suspected employee cell phone records and e-mail accounts to find the whistle blowers? I can't blame you for not seeing inside the Public Safety Building as we do the actual machinations of this regime. But your apparent diminishment of the very idea that AL is capable of corrupt and i;;egal acts is surprising. I'm afraid you really don't know this man at all. He is the ultimate government possum, standing still in the shadow doing nothing, hoping it will all be ignored.

• I don't think we should stop demanding investigations and/or arrests on any of these people who hold positions of authority based on taxpayer dollars. They should be accountable for their actions, just like everyone else. Notter, Gottlieb and the school board have to pay a price for what they've done to the community. In the name of children, my ass.

• YAWNNNNNNNN!

• Pulpettes, Jen Jen's School has Promethean boards for all the classrooms and top of the line apple computers. Can someone get some flip Video of inside the classrooms. Nice, no wonder the 16 million price tag went up to 25 million. To think a couple years ago many Browards schools didn't have enough toilet paper or soap for the bathrooms. http://www.btuonline.com/pdfs/Press%20PDFs/News%2010/schools%20go%20without%20toilet%20paper%20and%20soap.pdf

• Good, maybe this is a little payback for letting Benjamin and Wheeler walk away from the Rottenstien debacle.

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