Deputy Shannon Bennett

January 11, 1981 - April 3, 2020

Deputy Shannon Bennett succumbed to COVID-19 on April 3, 2020. A graduate of Deerfield Beach High School, Deputy Bennett began his career at the Broward Sheriff's office in 2007 as a detention deputy. With a desire to further his career in public safety, Deputy Bennett became cross certified, and in 2013, he was reassigned to the Department of Law Enforcement and served as a road patrol deputy for nearly six years in Lauderdale Lakes. In 2019, he returned to the city he grew up in, assigned to the Deerfield Beach District as a school resource officer at Deerfield Beach Elementary School. Deputy Bennett is survived by his brother, Darren, who left BSO in 2013 and is currently Campus Pastor for Calvary Chapel North Miami, his mother, Ms. Barbara Bennett, and his fiancé, Jonathan Frey.