{"id":278193,"date":"2026-05-20T15:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T15:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/278193\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T15:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T15:23:08","slug":"miramar-deputy-fire-chief-sues-for-whistleblower-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/278193\/","title":{"rendered":"Miramar deputy fire chief sues for whistleblower protection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Miramar_FILEPHOTO_1.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"A Miramar Fire-Rescue truck makes its way down Pembroke Road on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025, in Miramar, Fla.\" alt=\"A Miramar Fire-Rescue truck makes its way down Pembroke Road on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025, in Miramar, Fla.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        A Miramar Fire-Rescue truck makes its way down Pembroke Road on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025, in Miramar, Fla.<\/p>\n<p>                Photo by Matias J. Ocner<\/p>\n<p>            mocner@miamiherald.com<\/p>\n<p>A Miramar deputy fire rescue chief is suing the city, alleging he faced retaliation from supervisors after reporting what he believed were crimes and gross mismanagement within his department that impacted public safety, Miramar News has learned.<\/p>\n<p>The three-page complaint, filed April 29 in Broward County civil court on behalf of Deputy Fire Rescue Chief Bruce Britton, details how Britton believes his reporting of alleged wrongdoing affected his career at the fire department and ultimately forced him to seek protection under Florida\u2019s Whistleblower Act from city supervisors.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miramarflnews.com\/news\/local\/article315813626.html\">Go to miramarflnews.com for the full story<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/profile\/252593698\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/jeffmug.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Jeff Kleinman\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/profile\/252593698\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jeff Kleinman<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Miami Herald<\/p>\n<p>            Consumer Team Editor Jeff Kleinman oversees coverage for health, shopping, real estate, tourism and recalls\/scams\/fraud.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Miramar Fire-Rescue truck makes its way down Pembroke Road on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025, in Miramar, Fla.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-278193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}