Posted on 12/31/2018 6:53:31 AM PST by Drew68
Failures by the Broward County Sheriffs Office and school district cost children their lives at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
A gunman with an AR-15 fired the bullets, but a series of blunders, bad policies, sketchy training and poor leadership helped him succeed. Information reported over 10 months by the South Florida Sun Sentinel reveals 58 minutes of chaos on campus marked by no one taking charge, deputies dawdling, false information spreading, communications paralyzed and children stranded with nowhere to hide.
To be sure, a number of teachers and police officers performed heroically. But an examination of the days events reveals that the Sheriffs Office and school district were unprepared for the crisis.
Heres a minute-by-minute look at those critical moments on Feb. 14, 2018.
2:19:54 p.m.
Security entrusted to unarmed coaches
A campus watchman has a chance to stop gunman Nikolas Cruz before any blood is shed. But he doesn't do it.
Medina shouldnt have been in that job school investigators had recommended he be fired for sexually harassing students, but district administrators overruled them.
Medina is the first of three school employees who fail to call for a school lockdown after learning a gunman is on campus.
2:21:16 p.m.
Second unarmed monitor spots gunman, turns the other way
David Taylor, the campus monitor who was alerted by Medina, walks into the first-floor hallway toward Cruz, who goes into the stairwell. At that point, Cruz has yet to pull his gun from the carry bag.
Taylor turns around, later telling investigators he intended to use stairs at the opposite end of the hallway to intercept Cruz on the second floor.
(Excerpt) Read more at projects.sun-sentinel.com ...
Long but interesting read.
Unprepared and Overwhelmed, BULLS###!!!the a##clown and his henchmen devised policies that were told to be put in place if they wanted the money to flow. They all sat by and let this happen and shame on those parents who could not see thru the bulls### that costs their children their lives
Intended, or at least incidental to, the intended outcome?
They didnt cover the first big policy failure, that of the Broward Promise, which led to this kid never being properly dealt with before the shooting event despite many warning signs. The school board and the sheriff were both all in on that policy failure.
Adhering to The Obama Plan was clearly the order of the day.
Broward police captain Jan Jordan inexplicably told sheriff's deputies to 'stage' and form a perimeter outside the shooting...... as students and teachers were being massacred inside. Jordan also denied deployment of two Rescue Task Force teams that had arrived. Three paramedics and 3-4 officers had rushed to the scene to help---but Jordan denied them entry.....
That's a woman: Police Capt Jan Jordan, 49, was in charge of deputies who responded to the first calls of the shooting.
Broward Sheriff Scott Israel himself placed Captain Jan Jordan in charge of the school massacre scene.
Jordan has since left her Captain's job, but she, like Peterson and Sheriff Israel are still cashing Broward paychecks.
You are exactly right.
Runcie got a $28,000 raise and additional benefits under his contract.The deal brings Runcies salary to $335,000 and extends his employment through June 30, 2023.Under the new contract, Runcie would:
-- Be able to trade in 15 of his 29 vacation days for a cash value of $20,500.
-- Get $48,000 contributed annually from the school board for retirement plans
-- Be allowed to earn a pension based on four years of his service in Chicago,
estimated to cost taxpayers $80,000.
More than 30 people lined up mostly to praise Runcies work since he started in 2011. Leaders of local community organizations, businesses and schools praised improved student achievement, Runcies communication skills and inclusion and protection of immigrants and minorities under Obama's vaunted "Promise" plan.
Runcie collected $53 million tax dollars from Obama for keeping minorities off arrest records.
Then the massacre took place.
Runcie was named Supt of The Year.
Bottom line, trained armed personnel is the solution that works, not some stupid kid anti-gun activists that the media promotes.
It is common for a Congressman to secure federal monies for their district.
What part did D/W/S play in securing the $58 million bribes, er, I mean, tax dollars
Obama showered on Broward for keeping minorities off the arrest roles?
Did D/W/S help keep track of the arrest records to assure Obama no minorities got onto the police records?
Can D/W/S Sheriff Israel and Runcie account for the $58 Obama millions .....and the $800 million Sheriff's budget?
A good read....thanks for posting.
The Sun Sentinel must be a conservative organ, because a liberal rag would never publish something showing how the liberal law enforcement in the area failed so miserably. If I were Deputy Peterson I would have killed myself by now.
Dude !
There was plenty of heroism.
Athletic director and campus monitor Chris Hixon is already at Building 12. He enters the double doors at the west end of the hall and runs toward Cruz.
Cruz shoots Hixon, who crawls to take cover in a nearby doorway. Cruz finds him about 30 seconds later and shoots him again.
Heroism without planning or tools just leaves the hero dead and the killer on the loos to shoot again.
Liberals, including those in law enforcement have a high quotient of cowardice to go with their fanatic delusionalism.
On the other hand, if there were courageous senior LE onsite to rally the troops, so to speak, I think youd have no shortage of officers ready to go straight in...And that individual pictured upthread, the lady who was captain onsite...Not inspiring, and clearly a personal coward by her actions.
...and don't forget a very small number of yellow bellied cops.
Yes, there were.
And acts of cowardice by people who were trained (and paid) to take charge. Indeed, this was their job!
A shocking but great example of what a truly free press would look like.
Anyone who thinks they have an opinion on this school shooting should read this piece.
An impressive piece of investigative reporting by the Sun-Sentinel of a very unimpressive performance by Broward County Law Enforcement.
Excellent article, thanks for posting it!
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