Posted on 05/16/2018 4:44:41 PM PDT by Simon Green
Scot Peterson, the sheriff’s deputy vilified for failing to confront the Parkland school shooter, has begun receiving a state pension of $8,702.35 a month.
Peterson resigned and retired Feb. 22, a week after the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where he waited outside as Nikolas Cruz killed 17 people and wounded 17 others.
Peterson began to receive his pension in April, according to the Florida Department of Management Services. He can receive the payments for the rest of his life.
The 55-year-old Peterson, a Broward deputy for 32 years, was paid $101,879.03 last year — $75,673.72 in base salary plus overtime and other compensation, according to sheriff’s office records. Until the shooting, he was considered a trusted school resource officer at Stoneman Douglas, according to annual reviews of his performance.
He was eligible to retire from the agency in July 2010 when he had 25 years of service, a sheriff’s office spokeswoman said Wednesday
On Feb. 14, surveillance video showed Peterson waiting outside the school as Cruz prowled the halls with an AR-15 rifle. President Donald Trump branded Peterson a coward, and Sheriff Scott Israel began an investigation into his actions. Israel said Peterson should have “went in. Addressed the killer. Killed the killer.”
The investigation into Peterson’s response is ongoing, a sheriff’s office spokeswoman said Wednesday.
After the shooting, Peterson said in a statement that he heard gunshots but believed that they were coming from outside of the school and not inside the building where the shooting took place.
An attorney representing Peterson did not respond to an email Tuesday requesting comment.
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The POS.
And he aint the worst of it.
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It’s disgusting. This guy deserves the tire. Others need to be skinned.
75000 salary 100,000 pension. How the hell is overtime padding allowed for pensions
Actually, $104,428 per year pension. Plus he likely gets old health insurance coverage for life. Plus he probably will get annual cost-of-living increase. Ain’t life grand?
No wonder he didn’t want to risk his life facing down a gunman. Just about to retire rich and go fishing. Just think how many taxpayers are working two jobs to support this guy. Wonder if his wife is a parasite also.
Hear a shot, drop for cover or run in the other direction. Heck, I’d do that for this kind of money.
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