Current Events > Scot Peterson, school resource officer during Parkland shooting faces 11 charges

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https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/04/us/parkland-scot-peterson-charges/index.html

"(CNN)Former Broward County Sheriff's Deputy Scot Peterson, criticized for how he responded when 17 people were killed by a gunman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, has been charged with 11 counts, including felony child neglect, authorities said.

Peterson, who retired after the February 2018 massacre at the Parkland, Florida, high school and is collecting a pension, was fired Tuesday at a disciplinary hearing by new Sheriff Gregory Tony.
The firing could affect Peterson's retirement pay, Tony said.
Peterson, who was a school resource officer, is facing charges of child neglect, culpable negligence and perjury in connection with the deadly shooting, according to a release from the State Attorney's Office.
Days after the February 14 massacre, footage surfaced of Peterson taking position outside the 1200 building of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School instead of entering the building where a gunman was firing at students and staff.
Also fired was Sgt. Brian Miller, a supervisor on the day of the shooting, the sheriff's office said.
Peterson was booked into Broward County Jail, the state's attorney said, and his bail will be set at $102,000.
CNN is reaching out to Peterson for comment.
In past interviews, Scot Peterson's lawyer, Joseph DiRuzzo III, has said it's a "gross over-simplification" to characterize Peterson's actions as cowardly, and said Peterson believed the gunshots were coming from outside the building.
The gunman, a former student, is charged with 17 counts of first-degree premeditated murder and 17 counts of first-degree attempted murder."

Good he didn't do shit but hide because he was waiting out for his retirement. Where are the users who were defending his actions?
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The police have no legal duty to protect you. Multiple Supreme Court cases have upheld this.
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What the hell was he supposed to do?
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AlephZero posted...

The police have no legal duty to protect you. Multiple Supreme Court cases have upheld this.

I would assume the difference is him being a school resource officer and legally in charge of underaged individuals.

babyeatermax posted...

What the hell was he supposed to do?

According to the national association: "NASRO trains school resource officers to move directly to the threat, as quickly as possible and then to neutralize the threat to prevent further injury or loss of life."

https://nasro.org/frequently-asked-questions/
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thanks-gohan posted...

"We shouldn't equip people with guns to protect us"
"Here take 11 felony charges for not going in there to protect us"

These aren't contradictory.
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babyeatermax posted...

What the hell was he supposed to do?

I don't know it seems like every other officer in the country that is afraid for their life fires like 20 bullets into the perp.

Maybe he should have done that.
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Cop kills a guy in cold blood, maybe faces charges, gets acquitted, finds a job at the police department in the town over.

Security guard is afraid to confront a shooter, faces 11 charges.

wtf.
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He had one fucking job and failed to do it, he had a GUN on his hip not a fucking super soaker, his failure to protect or help any of these children is not only disgraceful but got people killed.

If he was too afraid to nut the hell up and do his job then he should never have taken this job.
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Offworlder1 posted...

He had one fucking job and failed to do it, he had a GUN on his hip not a fucking super soaker, his failure to protect or help any of these children is not only disgraceful but got people killed.

If he was too afraid to nut the hell up and do his job then he should never have taken this job.

Maybe stop and ask why this is even a job instead.
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It's so God damn pathetic when conservative posters hold security guards and gamefaqs moderators to higher standards than police officers and politicians
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I just hope they give this fucking shit bag hard time, those children died because of his failure to do anything against a serious threat that was HIS PROBLEM to handle.
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Great, let's get him locked up behind bars
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@Goats

"A school resource officer, by federal definition, is a career law enforcement officer with sworn authority who is deployed by an employing police department or agency in a community-oriented policing assignment to work in collaboration with one or more schools."

"Are school resource officers usually armed? Yes. A school resource officer is a commissioned, sworn law enforcement officer, not a security guard. NASRO recommends that all SROs be issued and carry all the same equipment theyd have on any other law enforcement assignment. NASRO is aware, however, that a few, local jurisdictions unfortunately prohibit their SROs carrying their firearms when on school campuses."

https://nasro.org/frequently-asked-questions/

This guy was not a security guard, he was/is a police officer.
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Tyranthraxus posted...

babyeatermax posted...

What the hell was he supposed to do?

I don't know it seems like every other officer in the country that is afraid for their life fires like 20 bullets into the perp.

Maybe he should have done that.

That's only if the shooter is black or brown. White guy gets taken in alive
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thanks-gohan posted...

"We shouldn't equip people with guns to protect us"
"Here take 11 felony charges for not going in there to protect us"

Why are you arguing with yourself
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AlephZero posted...

The police have no legal duty to protect you. Multiple Supreme Court cases have upheld this.

Kinda depends on the circumstances IIRC
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Also just another FACT from the horse's mouth:

"How should school resource officers respond to active shooter incidents? NASRO trains school resource officers to move directly to the threat, as quickly as possible and then to neutralize the threat to prevent further injury or loss of life."

https://nasro.org/frequently-asked-questions/
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This is just because people want someone to blame. Instead of suing the multiple cops and people who let the shooter have a gun despite threats and other obvious signs, they go after a guy who likely would have only gotten himself killed.
This guy was a retired deputy who took the joke of a job as a school resource officer, expecting at worst to break up some fights in the hallway. He was in no way equipped to handle the massacre in the school, he most likely would've just gotten gunned down himself.

People will call him a coward and what not, and that's probably true, but this seems like nothing more than trying to find someone to blame
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Unlike a regular police officer his duty as a RSO actually is to protect people, that is literally part of his job and he failed completely.
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The people calling him a coward have never been shot at. Let's see yo ass run through bullets

I think most people would have expected him to atleast try and protect these people, better to die with honor trying to stop a shooter then what he did and be clearly seen as someone who failed to do his job, got people killed, and is a disgrace to his family along with the uniform.

Had he actually tried fighting the attacker he could have died yes, but he also could have caused the shooter to flee, or atleast given his life to save someone else from dying that had no way of defending themselves.
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Peterson believed the gunshots were coming from outside the building.

I'd argue he was doing his job
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Goats posted...

It's so God damn pathetic when conservative posters hold security guards and gamefaqs moderators to higher standards than police officers and politicians

It's especially pathetic when you don't know what the fuck a School Resource Officer is and think you actually have authority to troll about this and even bring GameFAQs mods into this like a damn kid

cop fears for his life and shoots unarmed person = totally okay

cop fears for his life and doesn't shoot anyone = OMG string him up
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OldSnakeLiveon8 posted...

The people calling him a coward have never been shot at. Let's see yo ass run through bullets

That's why I don't take jobs where that's expected of me.
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jumi posted...

cop fears for his life and shoots unarmed person = totally okay

cop fears for his life and doesn't shoot anyone = OMG string him up

cop had a choice either go in as a hero or a coward he chose coward.
gets all the consequences that comes with it.
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AlephZero posted...

The police have no legal duty to protect you. Multiple Supreme Court cases have upheld this.

Yes they do. It's called a duty to act. Look it up.

If weve learned anything in the past 20 years, its to not name your kid Scott Peterson.
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El Mexicano Texano posted...

Good he didn't do shit but hide because he was waiting out for his retirement. Where are the users who were defending his actions?

I'll defend them. Fuck these bullshit charges.

Nice to see that when an officer is actually held accountable for his actions it's for this bullshit and not for pulling the trigger on a civilian.
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Protocol since Columbine dictates that law enforcement officers move to engage the shooter as soon as possible to stop them from gunning down unarmed people. He broke protocol, and lots of people died. That's negligence.

He had a job to do and he cowered instead. Shameful.
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He's just trying to make it another 5 years for that pension.
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babyeatermax posted...

What the hell was he supposed to do?

his job?
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AlephZero posted...

The police have no legal duty to protect you. Multiple Supreme Court cases have upheld this.

lmao no dude, you heard that bullshit on alex jones with joe rogan...you fell for alt right bullshit that was designed to make you hate cops

thanks-gohan posted...

you fell for alt right bullshit that was designed to make you hate cops

Lol WHAT

"People on CE don't think Rogan is alt right btw"

then they cant see the forest from the trees

thanks-gohan posted...

VipaGTS posted...

babyeatermax posted...

What the hell was he supposed to do?

his job?

Yet I've seen you argue multiple times we shouldn't arm people to protect kids.

I've argue that we shouldn't give random teachers the ability to carry on campus without any sort of formal training. One would assume that as an officer he had training....But keep being dishonest to try and prove your point. it really makes your points stick.
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I don't agree with this at all, and it sounds like the Sheriff has it out for him personally
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Cocytus posted...

Yes they do. It's called a duty to act. Look it up.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/04-278

https://law.justia.com/cases/district-of-columbia/court-of-appeals/1981/79-6-3.html

http://decisions.courts.state.ny.us/fcas/fcas_docs/2013JUL/3001010882012002SCIV.pdf
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thanks-gohan posted...

VipaGTS posted...

thanks-gohan posted...

VipaGTS posted...

babyeatermax posted...

What the hell was he supposed to do?

his job?

Yet I've seen you argue multiple times we shouldn't arm people to protect kids.

I've argue that we shouldn't give random teachers the ability to carry on campus without any sort of formal training. One would assume that as an officer he had training....But keep being dishonest to try and prove your point. it really makes your points stick.

Because the guy totally expected this to happen and not just breaking up kid fights before he could retire.

Because we should totally force someone to choose between death and life in prison for something they could never control.

Yes, it was his job.
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thanks-gohan posted...

You think hating cops is an alt right idea and that Rogan is alt right.

Please get banned.

"boooo hoooo! the other poster is posting opposite from the bullshit reality im living in"

listen buddy, Joe Rogan is as alternative as they come, and he is as rightwing as thye come...he may come off as having "liberal" ideas but thats his inner libertarian coming out. The man is alt-right. His guests are alt-right. You need to just take the redpill already, he is alt right.

You are crying for bans, because you can't face the reality. You can't come to terms that nobody wants to put up with your right wing agenda of lies. We smell the bullshit a mile off. Everyone knows the goal of right wind media is to stroke the fires of hate in young impressionable minds that don't know any better. You look to place the blame on others that are different.

It's very elementary. While mainstream right wing hate tends to be more in the arena of race, the alt-right variety has a tint of anarchism to it in the sense that its all hate for cops and property taxes.

You are feasting on red herring, because it is your birth right. Take a step back from the table.