{"id":169222,"date":"2026-02-25T22:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T22:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/169222\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T22:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T22:06:11","slug":"broward-sheriff-tony-fires-his-undersheriff-he-suspects-she-may-run-against-him-in-2028","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/169222\/","title":{"rendered":"Broward Sheriff Tony fires his undersheriff; He suspects she may run against him in 2028"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/tonyandersonjune2021deerfbch.jpg\" alt=\"anderson\" class=\"wp-image-25666\"  \/>Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony and Undersheriff Nichole Anderson in happier times.<\/p>\n<p>By Dan Christensen, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridabulldog.org\/donate-to-florida-bulldog\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FloridaBulldog.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony sent a shockwave through his office Wednesday when word got out that the night before he\u2019d suddenly fired his longtime second in command, Undersheriff Nichole Anderson.<\/p>\n<p>Also fired were Anderson\u2019s civilian aide and longtime BSO employee, Sharon Hayes, and her driver, Capt. Jamie Smith.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"665\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-25-at-2.28.32-PM.png\" alt=\"undersheriff&#10;\" class=\"wp-image-25667\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6494241143023765;width:241px;height:auto\"  \/>Former Broward Undersheriff Nichole Anderson<\/p>\n<p>By midday Wednesday, Anderson\u2019s photograph and biography had been removed from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheriff.org\/Administration\/Pages\/Executive-Command-Staff.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Executive Command Staff page <\/a>on BSO\u2019s website. The new undersheriff is Steve Robson, a 29-year BSO veteran who previously held the title Chief Deputy and colonel in charge of BSO\u2019s Department of Law Enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson did not respond to a request for comment before deadline. But ranking police sources told Florida Bulldog that Tony was apparently angered when he heard that Anderson is planning to run against him when he\u2019s up for re-election in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe got a call from him. It lasted 30 seconds and it ended with him hanging up and saying \u2018I\u2019ll see you in 2028,\u201d a police source said.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson is a respected, 30-year BSO veteran. But like everyone who works at BSO, she was what\u2019s known as an \u201cat will\u201d employee who the sheriff can fire for any reason or no reason at all.<\/p>\n<p>Tony, Broward\u2019s first black sheriff, appointed Anderson as BSO\u2019s first African-American woman to serve as undersheriff in September 2019. Before that, she was the first black woman to head a district command when she was named to lead the South Broward district in 2011 by then Sheriff Al Lamberti.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson joined the agency as a road patrol deputy in September 1996 after working two years as a state trooper with the Florida Highway Patrol. According to an online biography, she has an undergraduate degree in legal studies from Nova Southeastern University and a master\u2019s degree in organizational management from the University of Phoenix. She graduated from the FBI National Academy in Quantico, VA in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>                    <a href=\"#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><br \/>\n                    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pf-button-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/printfriendly-button.png\" alt=\"Print Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\" style=\"width: 112px;height: 24px;\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony and Undersheriff Nichole Anderson in happier times. 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