Palm Beach County deputy fired after accusations

Investigation reveals he violated department regulations

WEST PALM BEACH — A Palm Beach County deputy was fired after a fight with his girlfriend last year led investigators to find he had violated several agency rules, according to Sun Sentinel news partner WPEC-CBS 12.

Joshua Brack was fired from the Sheriff ’s Office after an investigation revealed he broke standards of conduct, neglected his duties, improper conduct offenses, and disseminated information, according to a report by WPEC.

Brack’s misconduct first came to light after a dispute between him and his girlfriend on June 15 in their Belle Glade apartment, WPEC reported. After dating for two years and living together for nine months, the couple had decided to break up. Brack’s family members had arrived to move out Brack’s personal belongings. A PBSO deputy later responded to the apartment about a “civil dispute,” the report showed.

While there, Brack’s girlfriend accused him of misconduct in the sheriff ’s office and committing illegal activities while on duty, WPEC reported. She told the responding deputy Brack had sent nude and explicit photographs of himself to his work email while on duty and in uniform, neglected to respond to an in-progress call for service, and possessed unauthorized weapons in his patrol vehicle, according to the report.

She also showed the deputy a video of a dead person on a roadway, Brack had sent her from a crime scene, WPEC reported. She also accused Brack of taking contraband, such as marijuana, and getting her to sell it for them.

Afterward, the PBSO’s Tactical Intelligence Unit launched an investigation into Brack. They found three pictures Brack had sent to his work email featuring himself in uniform in a bathroom stall exposing his genitals, WPEC reported. Investigators found Brack’s time card revealed he was on duty when the pictures were taken, WPEC reported.

The investigation also found Brack using his patrol car to travel to places for non-work-related reasons, and in one incident driving 84 mph in a 40 mph zone, WPEC reported. One day detectives observed Brack receive a suspicious person call while smoking a cigarette at a friend’s house. Brack acknowledged the call but didn’t leave the residence for 11 minutes. Brack never attended the call as it cleared up about 10 minutes after the call came in.

In another incident, Brack transported a woman and her toddler in his patrol vehicle without a child’s seat, WPEC said.

Brack denied several interviews with investigators but eventually spoke with them and denied his girlfriend’s criminal allegations.

Investigators reported he did not violate any criminal laws but found that Brack had broken seven of the Sheriff ’s Office rules or regulations.