We have no idea what the officer saw, from his mouth, only what Israel stated. We don’t know that he identified the clothes or the shooter, many conjecture that it was a student. We just don’t know. We do know that he was 53, overweight, had trouble chasing the 4 students previously, and was following protocol to wait for back-up. We know his superior (a previous swat team leader) would have performed differently in his own words. 20/20 is easy when your life was not at risk, and especially when you have a political agenda as a leader of the Broward Police Department. He performed his job admirably for the time he worked at the school, over 10 years. I never heard him call it HIS HOUSE, and you did not either. He was past time to retire, and no doubt the younger officer would be on the beat, and he was in easier duty. It was probably the right move on his part to retire. There was no point continuing for him, and politically it was expedient for Israel to announce him resigning. Now the heat will go onto Israel and his department. I doubt that Peterson will have long lasting issues as more is found out about Broward County dropping the ball supporting their officer, and any officers on this board know you don’t go after a shooter that has .223 rounds with a semi-automatic with a 9mm side arm unless your ready to commit suicide, which serves no one. IMO.
They caught this kid in two hours...and one hour into it (before he was captured) I heard a news report that authorities had a pretty good idea who they were looking for.
IF they did have a suspected identity on the dispatch tapes, that could account for why —one hour or less into the event—a news organization was tipped that authorities had a pretty good idea who they were looking for...can you agree?
I say HIS HOUSE because a professional who preplanned a response to a horrible, but increasingly common, event like a spree shooter would be somewhat territorial about his persistent area of responsibility, right?