The Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies and sergeants’ union filed a grievance against BSO leadership Wednesday over the recent suspensions of five Tamarac deputies, arguing that the discipline is an “egregious” violation of their collective bargaining agreement.

The deputies were suspended without pay Friday as part of the ongoing fallout of the triple shooting in Tamarac that killed Mary Gingles, her father, and a neighbor in February. After the shooting, which Sheriff Gregory Tony described as a failure of the agency, he publicly declared that he would hold his deputies accountable. At least 15 Tamarac deputies have now been suspended or fired.

The grievance, filed by IUPA 6020 President Dan Rakofsky, argued that the act of indefinitely suspending the five deputies without pay const

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