SCOT PETERSON, a fired Broward County Sheriff’s deputy, is to face trial on several charges stemming from the murders of 17 people at a high school in Parkland FL.
AS THE DRAMA UNFOLDS it seems Florida’s new governor was a bit hasty in firing the elected sheriff, Scott Israel.
The governor sacked Israel claiming his department lacked training to respond to a mass shooting incident.
Based on tv reports — and credibility always is in doubt with today’s media — the deputy, Peterson, had been to several active shooter training sessions and had been the instructor in one active shooter class.
- The remaining question: Who trained the trainers? State or federal personnel? Private contractors?
This tells me that the sheriff was not derelict. His deputies may have been derelict or they may have been cowards.
According to the media — remember the credibility issue — Peterson waited out of the line of fire for 48 minutes before entering the school.
One thing that became clear in the after action report was that communications between law enforcement agencies — state, county, and municipal — were the reason the school was not flooded by Law Enforcement Officers (LEOs)/ The Sheriff’s Office (SO) and the locals were on different radio frequencies.
There was talk of doing something to resolve this issue, but is it still just talk?
Still on communication, apparently a number of state and federal agencies had information on, or had suspicions about, the shooter well before the tragedy unfolded. This keeping information away from others who need it is becoming Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the FBI dating back at least before 9-11-2001 when the Fibbies refused to share information between their own offices! Apparently state and local organizations feel “If it’s good enough for the FBI, it’s good enough for us.”
Some kids seem to be getting the “If you see something, say something” message even if the adults don’t.
There is a great deal that could be done to prevent a recurrence of the disaster.
Firing the sheriff was not one of them.
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