It’s so disturbing to think that the people who are put in place to protect our children makes the conscious decision to not follow through with a basic responsibility of their position. The Deputy who was assigned to the school where 17 people lost their lives as a result of the mass shooting had been captured on video arriving to the school but never made moves to enter the building.
Now had Deputy Scot Peterson done his due diligence and his job who knows how many lives would have been saved. Waiting outside the building knowing the situation was a cowardly move. He should have resigned!!
Read more as reported by Time:
The Broward sheriff deputy assigned to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School resigned on Thursday, about a week after a school shooting there that left 17 people dead.
Scot Peterson, a school resource officer from the Broward County Sheriff’s office, waited outside the school building without ever going inside, sheriff Scott Israel said during a news conference on Thursday.
“What I saw was a deputy arrive at the west side of building 12, take up a position, and he never went in,” Israel said Thursday, referring to the school building where the shooter went on his rampage.
Sheriff Scott Israel gives update in #StonemanDouglas shooting, including the resignation of the SRD for the school. pic.twitter.com/vRWYPZK1fg
— Broward Sheriff (@browardsheriff) February 22, 2018
He added the deputy “clearly” knew a shooter was inside the building, but stayed outside for four minutes while the killing continued.
“Devastated, sick to my stomach. There are no words,” Israel said describing his feelings. “These families lost their children, we lost coaches. I’ve been to the funerals. I’ve been to the homes where they’re sitting shiva. I’ve been to the vigils. There are no words.”
BSO handed us separation form for Stoneman Douglas School Resource Officer Scot Peterson. Also subject of IA report. More coming. @CBSMiami pic.twitter.com/9Fq6JPPupr
— Carey (@ccoddcbs4news) February 22, 2018
The sheriff’s office opened an internal investigation into Peterson after seeing video of the school and after interviewing witnesses and Peterson himself. Israel suspended Peterson without pay on Thursday morning, he said, and Peterson then chose to resign. Because the deputy had enough time with the force to meet the requirements of retirement, Israel said he “resigned slash retired.”
The investigation will continue, according to Israel. Two other Broward County officers have been put on administrative duties, but their names were not released. The investigation into those officers has to do with the tips reported about the shooter prior to last week’s massacre.
Source: Time