There was a deputy/SRO on duty at Parkland. Didn't deter shit. Pissed his pants and went off somewhere to hide.
You're missing my point. Its unlikely the parkland shooter knew there was an officer present. Visible police are a deterent.
Second the officers actions were highly mischaracterized by the media.
The response to an active shooter has undergone several changes over the years. At one time the prevailing training recommended officers wait to form a "pod" of at least three and ideally 5 officers before going alone to neutralize a threat.
After numerous studies showed that most activs shooters take their own lives when confronted by law enforcement the philosophy changed. Also when shooters did engage with police the police had a high su cess rate. So the new recommendation was first officer to arrive should challenge the threat immediately.
Go figure that no media ever webt out of their way to mention this. At the time he was following what had been widely accepted trai ing on the subject.
Easy to call someone a coward from the cheap seats bitch. When was the last time you ran directly at someone shooting an automatic weapon?
In any event your arguments fucking suck.
99:% of active shooters will choose to avoid conflict with police in favor of a more target rich environment and over 60% take their own lives rather than engage with law enforcement.