Fort Lauderdale’s former longtime city auditor, controversially fired earlier this year, has won a seat on the city commission.

Larry Scirotto’s recent experience may sound familiar to the former Miami police chief. He was hired and tasked with the mission to bring diversity to the police department. It didn’t take long for him to meet resistance and get fired.

City officials fired Chief Larry Scirotto after just over six months of leading the Fort Lauderdale Police Department.

A Fort Lauderdale auditor who was fired last month over an investigation into then Fort Lauderdale Police Chief Larry Scirotto issued a memo to the mayor and commissioners Friday, saying that he believed Scirotto possibly committed “criminal violations.”

City officials fired Chief Larry Scirotto after just over six months of leading the Fort Lauderdale Police Department.

Fort Lauderdale commissioners’ late Tuesday evening vote took seconds, and just like that, it put an end to John Herbst’s 16 years of service as the city auditor with a 60-day notice.

Fort Lauderdale will be investigating shootings like no other city in Broward County.

Larry Scirotto has been identified as Fort Lauderdale's “sole finalist” for the city's chief of police position. He also works as a college basketball referee.