Family, friends and fellow law enforcement officers will gather Monday to say their final goodbye to former Broward Sheriff Nick Navarro.
Navarro will be laid to rest at First Baptist Church in Fort Lauderdale at 11 a.m.
The former sheriff, who gained fame when he ordered the arrest of rap group 2 Live Crew on obscenity charges, died Wednesday at 81.
After Navarro was elected in 1984, the Broward Sheriff's Office grew from 1,600 employees and a budget of $74 million to more than 3,000 employees and a $200 million budget. The agency entered the national spotlight when Navarro gave the television show "COPS" permission to film its first season in Broward County.
On Sunday, hundreds payed tribute to Navarro at a visitation service at First Baptist Church.
"When I was mayor of the city of Lauderhill we had a contract with BSO and Nick was Sheriff Navarro and he was a pleasure to work with," said Eileen Lieberman.
"He gave me my first job as a cadet deputy and from there I moved on and I spent wonderful years working under his regime," said the BSO's Cedric Shirley.
CrimeStoppers and the BSO put Navarro's name in lights across the street from the church and on a billboard near I-95 and Hallandale Beach Boulevard.
"He deserved this," said CrimeStoppers' Gary Carp. "Nick was a character, he'd be jumping up and down, this was what Nick was all about."
