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I thought we were all in agreement, then suddenly we weren’t.”įlorida Bulldog sent a detailed email to Andy Mitchell requesting comment.

“They thought they’d be getting the checks by 11 a.m. “I guess it was because I resisted him,” said Vaniman. It was ‘get the checks over there right away.’ “Then the next thing is I get calls coming in from Oscar and Andy: ‘Where are the checks?’ I said, ‘We talked about it.’ But that didn’t matter.

After her explanation, everyone seemed to be on board with that, Vaniman said. She told them she was in contact with an FBI liaison in Miami and another official inWashington about getting it done. She explained the council’s process for providing financial support to police or firefighters killed or disabled in the line of duty to both Mitchell and to Broward Undersheriff Nichole Anderson and Col.

Vaniman, the council’s executive director for nearly six years, initially resisted. Photo: Downtown PhotoĪccording to the group’s former executive director, Nancy Vaniman, Sheriff Gregory Tony called the council’s chairman, Marvin Andrew “Andy” Mitchell, demanding the checks for the FBI spouses be delivered to him so he could present them – either directly to the spouses, or to the FBI, which was targeting him in a bid-rigging probe. But not this time.īroward Sheriff’s Advisory Council Chairman Andy Mitchell presenting a Valor Award to BSO Deputy F. Normally when the council writes checks to support the family of a fallen law enforcement officer or firefighter in Broward, the checks are presented by a member of the council’s board of directors. Members can also opt to pay up to $50,000 to join what’s called the “Diamond Chairman’s Circle,” the top elite tier with extra council benefits, including an opportunity to speak at events. Members get to carry BSO ID cards and gold Broward County Sheriff’s Office badges with the title “Advisory Deputy,” but have no actual police powers. The council, which costs $5,000 to join plus $750 in annual dues, is a separate entity from the sheriff’s office. 2, 2021, the nonprofit Broward Sheriff’s Advisory Council took quick action to cut a pair of $10,000 checks to help the agents’ surviving spouses. Photo: Downtown PhotoĪfter two FBI agents serving a search warrant were gunned down in Sunrise on Feb. Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony speaking at the Broward Sheriff’s Advisory Council’s Inaugural Tribute to Bravery Valor Awards luncheon on May 22.