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Posted on 03/18/2018 5:43:14 PM PDT by smileyface
‘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.”
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I have mentioned this in a few responses over the past 2 weeks. The cops were violating their own policy and procedure by not going in. I heard it about a week ago from a YouTube blogger “ mike the cop” who discussed the procedure with a Broward cop.
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Not so much a rule, as a suggestion
The Sheriff is a muslum, he cares not for infidels. Did you expect a different result with a 500 years of history...
I believe that “thinking” capable people will agree with what I have said several times over the years on FR on this subject.
Namely, we must be realistic, Many of us, including this writer, do not know WHAT we would really, really do when faced with the prospect of opening that door and walking down that hall and confronting a shooter with lead flying by the dozens of rounds. I submit fully half of police officers on duty now could not turn that knob and walk into the middle of something like that. And, never mind what the damn “manual” says.
Navy Seal training offers us a good contrast in training. They don’t take every one of the people that apply. Instead they carefully weed out a high percentage of applicants then 80% of those same “applicants”, or more, quit during training.
Why? Well, yes it’s physically tough but it is also mentally demanding. This means the training is designed to weed out the cowards. Most guys can’t swim under a ship in a harbor (with 3’ of clearance between the hull and the ground), most can’t jump out of an airplane in the dark and free fall for many miles into a hot LZ.........and on and on.
Yes, the Seals weed out 80%. Most police forces accept anyone that shows up and then most of them graduate and too often because some PC rule forbids being too hard on the applicants and particularly women. Then, many of them then hit the streets and when an active shooter is killing kids inside a building they freeze up, just like Peterson and others have done.
What, as a society, do we not understand about this TRUTH of human nature.
What’s the answer. Live gunfire training with NO PC BS! It’s pass or Ring the BEll !
Wrong, wrong, wrong. It is written policy which is a rule. Even if a suggestion as you say, what cop or man stands by as he hears shots killing children? Who the f*ck does that?
As I've said before: The very least the SRO should have done is crawl to the sound of gunfire and discharged his side-arm into the ground a few times. If he could hear the gunshots in an in-closed area, then the shooter would most likely hear his weapon and may have been distracted. Gawd, he didn't even try. The f*cker hid.
There is no greater sacrifice than to give your life for the innocent. He's a coward by all standards of our society in my opinion. The coach and students were not, while facing the continued gunfire.
“Not so much a rule, as a suggestion”
A truly inane statement. It’s procedure and protocol not a “suggestion”.
I guess I should have added the /s tag
It’s a line from Pirates of the Caribbean about the Pirates Code
And it seems to have been taken as a mere suggestion by Peterson
A better explanation is that they are cowardly, unionized government agents with contempt for the public they serve.
There were real heroes among the teachers and students. Can’t say the same for the police.
While I agree mostly, you should keep in mind that SEAL's, Army Delta, and other SpecOps are trained to kill. There are no cowards that apply for those positions. They just wash out for various reasons.
"Most police forces accept anyone that shows up and then most of them graduate and too often because some PC rule forbids being too hard on the applicants and particularly women."
You do make a point there. However, they are not trained to be killers. They are about law enforcement while dealing with stupid drunks, domestic nonsense, traffic, etc. on a daily basis. That said, I've learned long ago from the Rodney King riots in LA what cowards LEO's can be and how dis-functional their leaders are. I watched live on TV as they pulled out of ground zero and Los Angeles burned for days.
Yes, you should have added the tag. All is good.
I believe the Sheriff knew what his officers did not do and it’s why he was so quick to shout loud and often to change the subject to gun control and not the inaction of his officers.
“There is no greater sacrifice than to give your life for the innocent. He’s a coward by all standards of our society in my opinion.”
Peterson should be called “Yellow Stain!” I love life, don’t want to die, but I have children and grand kids, and so I can’t imagine at least trying stop the carnage even at the expense of my own life. There really wasn’t any option here.
As someone that has taught, extensively, on the subject, IT IS NOT A SUGGESTION. IT IS A RULE/POLICY, or whatever else you want to call it. And, your training is documented, signed off and the individual also signs that they have taken and successfully passed the course. Because of this, the Deputy should not have been allowed to retire, should have been brought up on department admin charges and a decent DA probably could have pushed some Manslaughter charges on him for being a p*ssy, along with the other 3 cowards.
Story seems to be intended to place the blame solely on those who didn’t go in and never mentions stories of a stand down order....with the POS “Sheriff” as just a poor trainer...
Sheriff Israel has his own cop-training rules.
Forget L/E——it’s not “progessive.”
Every one of Israel’s new cops gets a gun, a uniform, a two way and a spiffy new golf cart.
Israel “trains his cops” to sit in the car with the light on top, wait for early retirement, and collect a pension.
Totally agree.
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