See post 15. Legally, Peterson as an officer was not required to do anything but take a police report.
Well, this is what his trial is all about. If parents (read jurors) want to be weak in the spine and find him not guilty on the felony charge then they will send a message to all school districts. The message is that it’s ok to hire some old man who has no committment to “duty” and will run like a rabbit at the sound of the guns.
In my opinion, he should be sentenced to at least 1 year as opposed to being found to have zero responsibility for the deaths of 17 kids.