[UPDATE BELOW]

Seen here is Broward's Sheriff sporting a gold barbell.

Now, some of you might think, why, that's sexy. While you’re entitled to your opinion, let’s ask Right Said Fred for his!

https://reddit.com/link/1xauk85/video/ddp2zj3m0nwh1/player

But did you know BSO screens its own people for tattoos and jewelry that might indicate gang affiliation? Somebody has to ask the obvious question, and apparently that somebody is me, as Beavis is off this week.

Always the consummate professional, I reached out to BSO's Carey Codd (Senior Person In Charge of Disinformation) and asked the agency to apply its own criteria to its own boss. Among the questions:

1. Any gang tattoos in this photo?
2. Is the nipple barbell a gang token?
3. If so, how does one tell the filigree from the filigree?

Then there's our 911 call center, where civilian operators (typically women … no way! … way!!!) have reportedly been told to expose their chests for a tattoo or jewelry inspection.

I asked:

1. Where do these photos end up? A file cabinet, or ratemyrack(dot)com?
2. Was the Sheriff's bosom put through the same inspection?
3. Are boobs fair game, but moobs exempt?

Full letter on my Substack.

Past or present BSO dispatcher? Drop me a line: [chazstevens@protonmail.com](mailto:chazstevens@protonmail.com). No nudes required.

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Update [1]: the following was just sent to Miami-Dade's PIO (MD not a big fan of Tony). More requests like this out later today.

Detective Rodriguez:

I am requesting an on-the-record response regarding your agency’s criteria for identifying gang-related tattoos and jewelry.

The attached photograph depicts an individual I understand to be Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony. I am not asking your agency to authenticate the photograph or identify the individual. My questions concern how your agency would evaluate the visible tattoos and jewelry under its own standards.

1. Does the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office have any policy requiring civilian 911 operators or applicants to be photographed or inspected for tattoos or suspected gang-related symbols?

2. Does your agency require employees or applicants—including emergency communications personnel—to expose their breasts or chests for inspection or photography during screening for suspected gang affiliation? If so, what policy governs that practice, and which positions are subject to it?

3. Would your agency classify any tattoo visible in the photograph as a gang symbol or indicator of gang affiliation? If so, please identify the specific tattoo and the basis for that classification.

4. Would the apparent gold-colored nipple barbell qualify as a gang token or other indicator of gang affiliation under your agency’s criteria? Or would your agency regard that item, standing alone, as having no evidentiary value in determining gang affiliation?

For clarity, I am not asserting that the photograph establishes gang affiliation. I am asking whether your agency’s professional criteria support—or rule out—such a characterization.

Please attribute any response to a named agency representative. If your agency declines to assess the photograph, please address the general policy questions separately.

Thank you.

Not quite the best view but still cool to see.

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