Scott Israel was criticized for spending too much on a County-Wide Camera Boondoggle - During the MDS shooting, however, they couldn't figure out how to use the cameras The heart of this is that when they arrived on scene, they were accidentally viewing 30 minute old footage instead of a live feed, so they thought the shooter was still on site. https://www.local10.com/news/parkland-school-shooting/msd-surveillance-system-has-ability-to-view-cameras-in-real-time-bcps-says In 2014 they got $800 Million in Bonds to fix up the schools https://www.local10.com/news/florida/broward/voters-approve-800-million-in-bonds-for-broward-public-schools- In the years leading up to the shooting, there were debates in the local government about how he was spending money on surveillance systems. I cannot find the articles presently, though I have previously shared them. There was IIRC a kerfluffle of people calling his spending irresponsible and the systems not performing. Here in 2013 his office lays out how they deal with normal school police issues - such as unruly students: https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rulesforengagement/2013/11/a_flowchart_to_revolutionize_school_discipline_broward.html In 2008 he got himself added to a "Dirty Dozen" list in the New Times for being "unscrupulous" https://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/the-dirty-dozen-of-2008-6312100