Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony publicly asked if he should “destroy” Deerfield Beach City Manager Rodney Brimlow during a recent roll call, intensifying a contract dispute that has left the city considering whether to cut ties with the sheriff’s office.

“You tell me if I should go absolutely nuclear on this and destroy him?” Tony asked deputies on Aug. 7. “Because I have the power of this office to do a lot of damage to individuals.”

Brimlow, a former Broward deputy, is now working from home, and the city is weighing whether to renew its multi-million-dollar contract with the agency, which provides police and fire services in Deerfield Beach.

“This is one person and their own personal agenda who I am going to run over for you,” Tony added during the recorded meeting, which he later posted

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