FSAcast
FSA Cast is the official podcast of the Florida Sheriffs Association. Host Matt Dunagan shares conversations with Florida’s sheriffs, elected officials and law-enforcement professionals from across the country discussing issues relevant to Florida residents, our visitors and our more than 100,000 honorary members. Founded in 1893, the Florida Sheriffs Association is one of the largest and most successful state law enforcement associations in the nation.
Episodes
In this episode, we kick things off with an overview of the Florida Sheriffs Association’s key legislative priorities that made it through the 2025 session. We then sit down with two of FSA’s contract lobbyists for an in-depth conversation about the newly passed state budget—finalized 105 days after the regular session began. Whether you're in...
In this episode, FSA speaks with Saif Ishoof during our recent Executive Leadership Conference in Miami. Saif was a keynote presenter, and he discussed leadership in the age of disruption. We discuss emotional and human intelligence and what that means to great leaders. During this conversation just minutes before Saif presented at the conference, we expand on how trust is really built and how organizational l...
In this episode, FSA speaks with Holmes County Sheriff John Tate about his family tradition of serving and protecting the citizens of his county. First elected in 2016, Sheriff Tate has worked to strengthen and expand the services he offers, and that has certainly been the case with the recent addition of running emergency medical services. We also discuss his office’s critically important work of not just arre...
In this episode, FSA speaks with Citrus County Sheriff David Vincent, who was elected sheriff in 2024 after serving his community for more than two decades. Sheriff Vincent goes over his first 100 days in office as well as the new initiatives he is implementing for his office, which includes equipping all 115 deputies within the patrol division with body cameras. Sheriff Vincent covers the steps he has taken as...
In this episode, FSA provides a Week 6 legislative update and dives into key public safety priorities as we pass the midpoint of the legislative session. We then sit down with the State Attorney for the 7th Judicial Circuit, RJ Larizza, to discuss the Jason Raynor Act, including the tragic case that inspired it. We explain the recent contentio...
In this episode, the Florida Sheriffs Association provides a Week 5 legislative recap as we highlight the Florida Sheriffs Association’s successful Sheriffs Day at the Capitol. We discuss the progress of key bills and FSA priorities that are helping shape public safety. FSA then sits down with Representative Rachel Plakon (District 36 – Seminole County), the sponsor of not just one, but two of the FSA’s top leg...
In this episode, FSA provides a Week 4 legislative recap and then sits down with Senator Colleen Burton (District 12) to discuss her important work in protecting children with strong new legislation on hemp products (SB 438) as well as the enjoyment of representing the great citizens of Polk County…to include Sheriff Grady Judd!
In this episode, FSA provides a Week 3 legislative recap and then sits down with Senator Stan McClain (District 9) to discuss his work in the Legislature as Chair of the Senate Community Affairs Committee. Senator McClain talks about a bill he is working on this year that will allow sheriffs to obtain grant funding for expedited state-of-the-a...
In this episode, FSA provides an overview of the new immigration law that passed the Florida Legislature during a special session in February. Widely viewed as the most aggressive crackdown on illegal immigration, FSA discusses key parts of the bill to lay the framework before listeners hear the FSA’s legislative chair, Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, ...
In this episode, FSA provides a preview of the 2025 legislative session. We discuss the sheriffs’ legislative priorities and then we sit down with two of FSA’s contract lobbyists, Angela Drzewiecki of GrayRobinson and Jennifer Green of Liberty Partners. Angela and Jennifer offer key insights and what we can expect from our state Capitol at the start of another fast-paced legislative session.
In this episode, FSA speaks with the president of the National Sheriffs Association (NSA), Canyon County Sheriff Kieran Donahue. Now serving his fourth term, Sheriff Donahue talks about the pride he has in serving and protecting the citizens of his county. We learn about the special features of Canyon County, Idaho, and why he ran and was then successfully elected the 84th<...
In this episode, FSA speaks with the newly elected sheriff of St. Lucie County, Richard Del Torro. Hear about Sheriff Del Torro's career path and how being the chief of the Port St. Lucie Police Department prepared him for a run for sheriff in 2024. We also find out why St. Lucie County is a special place to live and work and what new initiatives Sheriff Del Torro will lead duri...
In this episode, FSA speaks with Miami-Dade County Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz during the 2024 Florida Sheriff’s Academy. On January 7, 2025, Rosie Cordero-Stutz was sworn-in as the first elected sheriff of Miami-Dade County in almost 60 years. Learn about her extensive and distinguished service as a law enforcement officer in Miami-Dade and why she decided to run for sheriff. W...
In the fourth installment of the Oral History of Amendment 10, we discuss the proceeding years since passage of Amendment 10 and the work of some in Miami-Dade County to create a bifurcated system in which there is both a sheriff and a countywide police department. We go in detail covering the steps sheriffs took to combat those efforts to include litigation against Miami-Dade C...
In the third installment of the Oral History of Amendment 10, we discuss the lawsuits filed by several counties in the summer of 2018 in their attempt to toss Amendment 10 from the November ballot. We cover the litigation that went all the way up to the Florida Supreme Court and how the constitutional officers were ultimately victorious. Then with less than 50 days before the el...
In the second installment of the Oral History of Amendment 10, we discuss Florida’s 20-year quirk – the Constitution Revision Commission. What is this commission and how is it able to directly put amendments on to the ballot for voters to approve or reject?
We learn about the sheriffs’ efforts to work with this unique...
In the first installment of the Oral History of Amendment 10, we discuss the past efforts that abolished the elected Office of Sheriff in several counties, and how, over many decades, sheriffs fought to regain their positions.
Then, in 2017, a new state senator from Miami-Dade County introduced a bill to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot, ensuring that all voters could elect th...
In this episode, FSA speaks with Luke Niforatos, the executive vice president of Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) about the dangers of statewide recreational marijuana legalization. Luke is widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading drug policy experts and he covers what he has learned from other states. Luke highlights the perils of haphazard efforts to legalize mariju...
In this episode, FSA speaks with the new president of the Florida Sheriffs Association Charlotte County Sheriff Bill Prummell. We discuss his unique path into the field of law enforcement as well as his work as the chairman of the Statewide Commission on Mental Health and Substance Abuse. Sheriff Prummell also shares the programs and practices...
In this episode, FSA speaks with Santa Barbara County (California) Sheriff Bill Brown, who is currently the president of the Major County Sheriffs of America. Sheriff Brown took time out during a busy Annual Conference in Palm Beach to cover all things Major County Sheriffs of America. With more than 2,700 square miles and a population of more than 450,000, being the sheriff of Santa Barbara County, is no easy ...
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