Arrested Broward schools volunteer won t face criminal charges sun-sentinel.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sun-sentinel.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A Broward schools volunteer won’t face criminal charges after being arrested and accused of battery on a law enforcement officer, the Broward State Attorney’s Office has determined. The decision to clear Debbie Espinoza came three days after the school district released a consultant’s report that concluded her arrest was avoidable and that school police failed to de-escalate tensions at a .
The arrest of a longtime Broward schools volunteer, accused of battery on a police officer, was likely avoidable — resulting from a poorly trained police and security force who failed to de-escalate tensions during a heated School Board meeting, a district-commissioned report said. The report also says arresting officer John Mastrianni entered the “personal space” of Debbie Espinoza, who was .
Broward schools’ volunteer leaders on Tuesday blasted the recent arrest of a longtime volunteer, saying the district is sending a bad message to those who donate their time to try to improve the school district. The remarks came at the first School Board meeting since Oct. 17, when Debbie Espinoza, whom the district named “Volunteer of the Year” in 2020, was arrested on a felony charge of .
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