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Sun sentinel subscription8/1/2023 ![]() He is charged with child neglect for failing to confront Cruz before the gunman reached the classroom building’s third floor, where six of the victims died. What Peterson, 60, heard and saw during the shooting is the key issue in the trial. That policy has since been changed to “shall.” He also agreed that the sheriff’s office’s written policy in 2018 said deputies “may” enter a building during an active shooting. Under cross-examination by Peterson’s attorney, Samaroo conceded that in training scenarios, the deputies know in which building the fake shooter is located and they are never confronted with multiple possibilities or any outside echoes. Those are all things that play into our senses.” You might see people fleeing in a particular direction. You will see (bullet) casings, trails of blood. “You go into hunting mode,” Samaroo said. That’s why deputies must go toward the gunshots immediately and “force an outcome,” he said. He said deputies are taught that active shooters, if confronted, will kill or barricade themselves, surrender, or engage authorities in a gunfight, giving civilians time to flee or take shelter. Samaroo worked at the agency’s training unit from 2013 to 2018, and was ultimately made its commander. He said Peterson was taught that even if he was alone, he would need to confront the shooter without waiting for backup. 14, 2018, massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Broward County Lt. A former Florida sheriff’s deputy didn’t follow his extensive training on how to stop an active shooter when he didn’t confront the killer who murdered 17 people at a Parkland high school, a former training commander testified Thursday.įormer Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson had undergone training both in a video simulator and with live actors several times before the Feb.
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