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Here is what you need to know about armed deputy who failed to act during school shooting
Scot Peterson stood outside for 4 minutes during shooting, sheriff says


PARKLAND, Fla. - As gun fire erupted within Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the armed deputy who was tasked with protecting the children of the Parkland community is accused of taking cover to protect himself instead of doing what he had been paid and trained to do.

When faced with the realization Thursday that he was going to be suspended without pay, Sheriff Scott Israel allowed Broward Sheriff's Office Deputy Scot Peterson to resign/retire, which would make him eligible for whatever benefits and pay he might be entitled to receive.

While Nikolas Cruz used an AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle to kill 17 people, Peterson was armed and in uniform. Israel said he was seen "take up a position" outside of the west side of building 12 during the massacre, "and he never went in."

According to a Coral Springs police officer, Peterson hid behind a concrete column near the stairs. Israel said Cruz began shooting at 2:21 p.m., and exited the building about 2:27 p.m. Peterson, who towers over 6 feet tall, was outside the building for four minutes, according to Israel.

His actions appeared to contradict what his superiors expected of him. They were also inconsistent with his most recent employee evaluation stating that he took "pride in protecting the students, faculty and staff" and "was dependable and reliable."

Sgt. Greg Molamphy nominated him as the Parkland Deputy of the Year in 2017. In a memo Molamphy sent to Lt. Michael DeVita, he wrote Peterson handled "issues that arise with tact and solid judgment."

BSO hired Peterson in 1985 after studying at Miami Beach Senior High School, Miami-Dade College and Florida International University. Records show he was transferred to the school resource officer program in 1991. Three years later, the Florida Association of School Resource Officers recognized him with the Most Outstanding School Resource Officer in the State award.

The 54-year-old veteran had been working at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School since 2009, according to Parkland records. Israel said that he "resigned/retired" from his position as school resource officer Thursday, after learning from Lt. Barry Lindquist that he was under investigation.

He received numerous awards during his tenure. In 2013, Parkland officials named him Broward County Sheriff's Office Parkland employee of the year. The department recognized Peterson as SRO of the Year for proving "to be reliable in handling issues with tact and judgment" in 2014.

Records show his base pay was over $100,000 a year in 2013 and 2014, but dropped to about $75,800 in 2015. His overtime pay remained about the same during those three years.

After recognizing his 30 years of service in 2015, Israel wrote that Peterson's "dedication and allegiance" were "the best illustrations of the service BSO provides."

That same year, the Sun Sentinel reported he was among the police officers who were living for free on school property in exchange for after-hours campus security. Records show he had been living at Atlantic Technical College in Margate since 2000 and applied for a home loan in 2015.


Broward County incident reports show that unidentified callers contacted authorities with concerns about Cruz in February 2016 and November 2017, and the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School resource officer received the information. The first caller reported having third-hand information that Cruz was planning to shoot up the school.

Israel said the investigation will continue, and two other unidentified BSO deputies were placed on administrative duties over their handling of tips reported about Cruz's prior threats.

A hundred grand a year as school coward. Unreal.

Every school shooting has a teacher dying trying to save kids, yet libs think they couldnt be trusted with a gun.

Why do I think the MSM will continue to blame guns and neglect to mention this coward who failed his duty.

Everyone is blaming everyone else.

The FBI

The School Admins

The Broward Coward

The Sheriff

AR15's

The best person in my opinion to blame is the POS shooter. That fugger knew he was doing wrong. He knew it, and did it anyway.

If he was taking that kind of pay for that kind of job, he was skating through life. When it came time to earn his pay, he didnt even try. He has his pension and his own private hell to live in now...if he has the vestige of a conscience...

We have school police in our district that make that easy. They have their regular daily duties, then OT for Games, events, patrol duties at night. They got it going on. Good work if you can get it!!!!

They'll use it as proof that security doesn't work. I don't know if even the baddest of asses could have done much in the situation.

7 minutes of hell.

And from the same department who went to his house 37 times with the last one being a few months before the shooting from a caller concerned about all the weapons he had acquired. It was pushed up to internal affairs, who did nothing.

That lieberal sheriff should be recalled and voted out, but I doubt he will be because the district appears to be brain challenged lieberals themselves. Just like is said of the government, you also get the law enforcement you deserve.

The high school and college that my daughters attended both had a police sub-station inside the high school and on the university campus. These served as a deterent to any kind of school violence/active shooter situations, both had regular SWAT drills inside the school. My wife and I were attending a night class and got to see a SWAT drill up close and personal.

chicken schidt.......better find a different career.......

In most of our southern states you can hire someone that will engage the shooter for $28-$30K a year.

So , what the hell is wrong with Florida ?


Mike

That's no excuse not to try, especially when you are the only one there that is armed and trained, the only one who can possibly save lives, and you've been getting paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to do that job. Gunfights aren't always fair, but being armed with a service-grade sidearm and several magazines should have at least put him in the position to attempt to engage a monster shooting up a school full of children. Again, there is zero excuse here........ it is shameful beyond shame......

Well, he DID go home safely......

And without his cushy pension....that should go to the unarmed coach's family.

I bet he gets sued in civil court for his lack of action.

You would lose that bet.

The courts and even the Supreme Court have ruled that a Law Enforcement Officer is not "required" to protect.

I wonder what Peterson was armed with and what was he told, if anything, before tacking up position outside the school? If local officers like Peterson are (were) being investigated, then so should those in the FBI who failed to do their jobs.

This is a perfect example of two different systems of accountability. This deputy's conduct is what I would call criminally negligent, dereliction of duty yet he is allowed to retire with full benefits.

You are correct blame him for what he did. That does not excuse or shield from blame those who failed to do their duty. The Sheriff failed to arrest the shooter over thirty times, please don't tell me they could not find any cause to arrest. The FBI totally ignored the obvious warnings. The Deputy who hid outside till the shooting stopped Good lord how can some one do such a thing, and before you ask yes I have been shot at by automatic weapons. A lot of other people i knew were also. We may have ducked but we didn't hide. Everyone who knew this POS failed to demand something be done, and the politicians who allow dangerous people to walk the streets because it the PC thing to do. The last thing that should get blame is an inanimate object the weapon used it did absolutely nothing on it's own it cant.

didn't the officer ( working as security ) at Orlando nightclub shooting did the same ?