School resource officer charged with child neglect

Scot Peterson, school resource officer during Parkland shooting, faces 11 charges - CNN

And perjury, etc.

What says the board here? If the guy has a gun and a badge and he's the school resource officer, is he duty-bound to challenge a shooter?
All I can say is that cops are gunning down black kids because they think a cell phone or a hoagie looks like a gun, or the suspect made "threatening" moves or gestures but this guy couldn't engage the Parkland shooter?

 

If you're an armed officer, and you wouldn't use your firearm to challenge the shooter and save lives, then what the fuck are you there for?

That being said, he shouldn't be charged with anything. He should just lose his job.

EDIT: I'd like to revise and extend my earlier remarks. He absolutely should be charged with perjury, if true.

 

He most certainly should be charged. He's there to protect the students. His lack of action was shameful.

 

This is an instance where I understand the moral outrage but holding him criminally culpable seems a stretch. I don’t feel comfortable with that. I think he was a total failure but is that criminal?

 

Since posting this I read a legal opinion on a message board that said by Florida law, to prove child negligence, he would have to be defined as a caregiver (parent, guardian, teacher, daycare operator, etc.). Sounds like this will be quite the legal fight if he's got a good lawyer.
I keep waffling on this. He's definitely a pussy. But 20 years in jail? Not sure.

 

Since this happened, I've wondered what his training was. Was he trained to go toward the gunfire in such a case? How well was he trained?

 

Not very well, it seems.

 

Well, you'd like to think he had more training in how to fire weapons than the shooter.

 

What's with guys named Scot(t) Petersen?

 

They're just trying to humiliate the guy. Well, mission accomplished. Sending him to jail for 97 years? I get that these people are experiencing extreme grief, but a lot of their anger seems misdirected.

 

Exactly what I was thinking. What is that now, three infamous people with that name?