out of curiosity how do you answer the following:
- hostage situation at a bank, unknown no of robbers. 1 cop - does he go in guns blazing?
- witness report shots heard fired from 1% motorcycle club. 1 cop arrives at the scene - does he go in?
- shouts heard from what seems to be the ice machine at the mirage. 1 cop at the scene - does he go in?
You shoudn't go in guns blazing, but you should at least try and get an idea of what you are dealing with. Then decide if you hunker down or engage.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/04/us/scot-peterson-video-footage-parkland-shooting.html?module=inline .
Here are the State's bones of contention -
1) He didn’t go into the building during the shooting or investigate the source of the gunfire.
Mr. Peterson had been trained that officers responding to an active shooter must “immediately go to confront the shooter” and “move directly and quickly toward known threat.”
But he did not enter the 1200 building at the school, where the gunman was shooting students and teachers, according to an affidavit filed in support of the warrant for his arrest.
2) Instead, he retreated to another building nearby.
Mr. Peterson fled to a spot about 75 feet away from the 1200 building, “remaining there during the entire incident” in what the affidavit described as “a position of increased personal safety.” The affidavit also quoted a student, Arman Borghei, who said that as shots were being fired in the 1200 building, he looked out a window and saw Mr. Peterson: “I just saw him standing on the side of the building with his gun drawn, not really doing anything.”
3) He advised other law enforcement officers to remain away from the building.
At 2:28 p.m. — seven minutes after the gunman entered the building — Mr. Peterson said over the radio: “Broward, do not approach the 12 or 1300 buildings. Stay at least 500 feet away at this point.” During the time Mr. Peterson remained outside the building, the gunman shot and killed six of his victims, including five students, and wounded four others, according to the affidavit. Seven of those victims were students under the age of 18, which is why Mr. Peterson was charged with seven counts of felony neglect of a child.
Mr. Peterson was charged with perjury for making a false statement that he did not hear any shots fired after he arrived at the building, except for the first two or three shots he heard, according to the affidavit.
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I am willing to forgive him on 1 and 2. Fog of War, no one knows how they will react. But #3 is indefensible.
