Posted on 03/16/2018 4:14:03 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
During an appearance on Fox News, the father of one of the victims at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida said that he hasn’t watched the newly released video of school resource officer Scot Peterson standing outside and refusing to enter the school during the Feb. 14. attack.
According to The U.K. Independent, the clip shows Peterson, a Broward County deputy, traveling toward the building in a golf cart after being informed the shooting started.
Later, he can be seen standing outside the school as students filed by.
Andrew Pollack, the father of one of the students killed during the Feb. 14 massacre, says he can’t bear to watch it.
“To tell you the truth, I haven’t watched it,” Pollack told Fox News host Martha MacCallum during an appearance this week.
“I can’t stomach to watch it. I just heard what was going on and not only is he an embarrassment to every police officer that puts uniform on, he’s a coward and he’s also a liar,” Pollack said. “He lied in the investigation, so not only is he a coward, he’s also a liar. He knew when that guy brought him in the golf cart, he brought him right to the building.”
“So, and then he said he didn’t know the shots were coming from there, so he lied right there. The guy drove him to the building in the cart, and then he lied in the investigation, also said he never heard shots.”
Peterson has maintained he thought the shots were coming from outside of the building.
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“So, he’s also a liar. And, to go past that, he was there at the third minute, OK? My daughter was killed on the third floor, so he had ample enough time to save everybody on the third floor, this guy,” Pollack stated.
Pollack, whose daughter Meadow was just 18 when she died, has become a highly visible activist for increased school security in the wake of the Parkland shooting.
Pollack was present at the White House listening session on mass shootings hosted by President Donald Trump, and has made a number of other media appearances.
He’s also come under fire by liberals on social media for being a Trump supporter.
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The irony is that security protocol promises were broken and the eventual killers were allowed to threaten with impunity before the deed.
Law enforcement officers who failed their Duty like this should be court-martialed!
Oh come on!
All they want to do is go home and make sure they get their pension.... /s
IIRC, Mr Pollack wasn’t a Trump supporter, right after the attack. Am I wrong?
Coward? Perhaps. Lowlife luciferian? Perhaps also.
Judicial Watch: Broward County Sheriff’s Office Training Materials........ Judicial Watch ^ | March 15, 2018 | Tom Fitton
FR Posted on 3/15/2018, 4:48:11 PM by jazusamo
Full title: Judicial Watch: Broward County Sheriff’s Office Training Materials Say First One or Two Officers on Scene should ‘Confront the Shooter’ ‘Remember, every time you hear a gunshot in an active shooter incident; you have to believe that is another victim being killed.’ Four Officers on Scene at February 14 Parkland Shooting Did Not Enter School Building
(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch today released Broward County Sheriff’s Office training and operation materials that specifically dictate that the first one or two officers on the scene of an active shooter incident “will immediately go to confront the shooter.”
The Broward County Sheriff’s Office’s Standard Operating Procedure and lesson plans for an active shooter incident were obtained by Judicial Watch via a Florida Sunshine Act records request.
The Broward County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that armed school resource officer Deputy Scot Peterson was first on the scene of the February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, but he did not enter the school to confront shooter Nikolas Cruz.
Three other deputies also arrived on the scene but did not enter, the sheriff’s office said . The Broward County materials direct that if four officers are on the scene of an active shooter incident they are to form a “Quad” formation and enter the building.
The lesson plan instructs officers to immediately confront a shooter: History shows when a suspect is confronted by any armed individual (police, security, concealed carry person) they either shoot it out with that person or kill themselves. Either way, the shooting of innocent bystanders must stop. Now, the first officer or two officers on scene will immediately go to confront the shooter. Military tactics work well in this situation. The two man “bounding overwatch” is our response.
Using lessons learned from Columbine (the 1999 high school massacre where officers waited for a SWAT team and allowed two shooters to continue) the first four responding officers are directed to form a “Quad” and approach from all directions:
During Columbine, the response to an ongoing shooting situation was to contain the suspect. After Columbine the International Chiefs of Police addressed the problem with the response and came up with the “Quad” or diamond formation. With the quad, the first four officers to respond entered the building with coverage in all directions. This was critical to address the concerns of officers who previously would not enter and just wait for SWAT. Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said during a news conference that “What I saw was a deputy [Peterson] arrive … take up a position and he never went in.” Israel said Peterson should have “went in. Addressed the killer. Killed the killer.”
The lesson plan clearly states: “If you are on scene or in the area and hear gunshots, you should immediately access what you have and prepare to respond . Remember, every time you hear a gunshot in an active shooter incident; you have to believe that is another victim being killed.”
The training materials also state that the first officers on the scene will “ engage the suspect ,” which Peterson did not do. “There are now three teams during Active Shooter Incident [Contact, Extraction and Rescue Task Force]: Contact Team: Is first on scene, 1-4 deputies, they will be actively engaging/searching for suspect (HOT ZONE).”
The lesson plan lists “ priorities of life ” as: 1) Hostages/victims; 2) Innocent Bystanders; 3) Police/deputies; and 4) Suspects. “If in doubt about going through the door after a suspect, think about the victims and where they stand on the list.”
The importance of a fast and effective response is emphasized: “ Time is critical in each of these incidents. This is like no other crime. The motive is to kill as many people as possible in the shortest amount of time. Why? Because the bad guy knows ‘we’ are coming.”
An exercise designed for a lone deputy on the scene of an active shooting is intended to “get the deputy moving towards the gunfire, passing dead students and others running by him.” However, “there is no reason to give up a good position of cover” if the shooting has stopped.
“Remember the cavalry is on their way, so it’s better to hold, than to expose yourself to unknown threats.” The Broward County Sheriff’s Office Standard Operating Procedure states: “If real time intelligence exists the sole deputy or a team of deputies may enter the area and/or structure to preserve life. A supervisor’s approval or on-site observation is not required for this decision…. If the situation turns to a barricade or hostage situation the response team will contain, isolate, communicate and wait for SWAT.”
Records obtained by Judicial Watch also show that Sheriff Israel is the second highest paid of Florida’s 67 sheriffs at $186,631 for Fiscal Year 2017/18. The sheriff was eligible for $2,000 in supplemental pay for completion of a 20-hour training course. In 2016, Israel received a warning letter that he had not successfully completed the course and his supplemental pay was being withheld.
“These Broward County Sheriff’s Office documents obtained by Judicial Watch show that the law enforcement agency failed the victims of the Parkland shooting,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “Lives were lost in Parkland because the Sheriff’s Office personnel were either poorly trained or failed to follow training protocols.” ###
Yes, you are wrong. Andrew is and has been a Trump supporter. I know both Andrew and Sheriff Israel personally. It’s a tough situation all around.
Thank you for the correction. I have only heard parents complaining about Trump, not still supporting him.
Be patien0t. With any kind of luck he will do himself in with the very same pistol he could have used to save a couple of lives.
Be patien0t. With any kind of luck he will do himself in with the very same pistol he could have used to save a couple of lives.
Be patien0t. With any kind of luck he will do himself in with the very same pistol he could have used to save a couple of lives.
“Peterson has maintained he thought the shots were coming from outside of the building.”
Oh is that a knee slapper!
WHERE IS THE DEMAND FOR FEDERAL AND STATE INVESTIGATIONS ????
They’re missing the point It’s not guns or the NRA It’s policies which had cops standing outside while killing was going on or some nut getting a gun the FBI knew he wasn’t suppose to... Plus a whole raft of other stuff
THE MEDIA IS DOING THIS BECAUSE
THEY DON’T WANT YOU TO KNOW WHY THIS HAPPENED
STOP SPREADING THE CABLE SWILL MILLS POISON
DEMAND STATE AND FED INVESTIGATION ON THE POLICIES WHICH CAUSED THIS
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