DAVIE, FLA. (WSVN) - The Davie Police Chief has resigned and gone into retirement after making controversial comments about a Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy’s death.
Dale Engle served on the department for more than two decades.
His departure comes shortly after being placed on administrative leave.
A police union accused the former chief of blaming former BSO deputy Shannon Bennett’s death from COVID-19 complications on his sexual orientation.
The union claimed Engle said Bennett died as a result of being “homosexual who attended homosexual sexual events.”
Bennett, a 12-year veteran of the force, passed away on April 3.
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