Broward mayor targets BSO training center gym spending as he vows investigation of sheriff

A public feud between top Broward County officials has escalated after Mayor Mark Bogen called for an investigation into how Sheriff Gregory Tony spends the Broward Sheriff's Office's $870 million core budget."The first thing we're going to initiate is an investigation into the sheriff and how he's spending his core budget of 870 million," Bogen said.Bogen specifically targeted spending on BSO's training center, pointing out a gym that he compared to a luxury spa. He argued that taxpayers deserve explicit answers regarding agency spending, noting that previous audits lacked specifics."They need to know whether the dollars are being spent for law enforcement or they're being spent for massages, cold plunges, saunas, or anything else that does not have to do with law enforcement," Bogen said.Bogen added that he intends to initiate a broader probe into resource allocation, though he did not provide supporting evidence."I'm not going to come out until I have all my i's dotted and T's cross