SI we need you back ASAP!

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If Tony is still the sheriff in 6 months Broward County will have turned into cities like Chicago and Baltimore. We need Israel’s professionalism and leadership. Tony lacks Leadership skills and doesn’t have a professional bone in his body. We know SI will win in 2020, but that is not good enough we need him now!

P.S. Thank you RD for your bravery. You entered the towers while others rushed out.

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I hate to admit this but we need SI and his cronies back in the psb.

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I would rather see lamedirty in office over the arrogant, pompous, douche who is in office now

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Thanks for you opinion Israel campaigners. But the real world doesn't agree and Broward ain't looking to be laughing stock of murica again so yeah uh buh-bye.

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Thanks for you opinion Israel campaigners. But the real world doesn't agree and Broward ain't looking to be laughing stock of murica again so yeah uh buh-bye.

Now were the laughing stock of all countries swahili. This affirmative action experiment will not end well. Maybe Pollack will fall in love with a somalian colostomy bag salesman and well get him next. Now that I think about it, he'd probably be more qualified and our sea port would be safe. Temporary is the worst.

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Now were the laughing stock of all countries swahili. This affirmative action experiment will not end well. Maybe Pollack will fall in love with a somalian colostomy bag salesman and well get him next. Now that I think about it, he'd probably be more qualified and our sea port would be safe. Temporary is the worst.

We need SI back to regain BSO. We never had such a catastrophic and devastating group of people running BSO in history. Is this place a shame or what. Temporary needs to go to prison. SI will be back and lots of changes for the better. Great news is coming soon. One hint, Temporary will be gone.

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We need SI back to regain BSO. We never had such a catastrophic and devastating group of people running BSO in history. Is this place a shame or what. Temporary needs to go to prison. SI will be back and lots of changes for the better. Great news is coming soon. One hint, Temporary will be gone.
The sooner the better!!

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No we don't need israel back. Israel is responsible for destroying bso along with Pollack. Israel never admitted he was ever wrong about anything. The guy was the worst sheriff ever in bso history. We need bukata.

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I can tell you this much, because he was doing good does not make a person bad. I’m so 100% of bso doing good for the unforgettable

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The sooner the better!!

Come back SI and FU I’m not a Israel type of guy and realize he made mistakes but dam we need him back.
BSO needs SI back for real.

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Hang in there scott.

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We need SI back to regain BSO. We never had such a catastrophic and devastating group of people running BSO in history. Is this place a shame or what. Temporary needs to go to prison. SI will be back and lots of changes for the better. Great news is coming soon. One hint, Temporary will be gone.

Sure hope you're right about Temporary and not just saying what we want to hear. Either way, its encouraging.

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Sure hope you're right about Temporary and not just saying what we want to hear. Either way, its encouraging.
Now you can see how DeSantis did was a horrible decision and how BSO has been a embarrassment.
Scott Israel, you are missed by all of Broward County and even more by the employees. We are all confident you WILL be back as our Sheriff and put order and camaraderie back as it was. We all know you were a fall guy that did nothing wrong. We're proud you stand your ground. We blame all this mess to DeSantis. He's a slug under the ground trying to eat the roots of what you worked so hard for your time served. DeSantis and TTony needs to go to jail. The blame for this last incident is the fault of both of them. We the people of Broward County want Sheriff Scott Israel back!!!

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Now you can see how DeSantis did was a horrible decision and how BSO has been a embarrassment.
Scott Israel, you are missed by all of Broward County and even more by the employees. We are all confident you WILL be back as our Sheriff and put order and camaraderie back as it was. We all know you were a fall guy that did nothing wrong. We're proud you stand your ground. We blame all this mess to DeSantis. He's a slug under the ground trying to eat the roots of what you worked so hard for your time served. DeSantis and TTony needs to go to jail. The blame for this last incident is the fault of both of them. We the people of Broward County want Sheriff Scott Israel back!!!

It’s gotten to the point that we need to beg him to come back now. BSO at a complete downward spiral.

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Come back SI and FU I’m not a Israel type of guy and realize he made mistakes but dam we need him back.
BSO needs SI back for real.

Have to say one thing for sure Mr. Israel you have a lot of unwinding things to do cause this place has fallen apart. We have yelling and screaming on the 5th floor. We also have lots of putting down and disrespect to the staff.

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Have to say one thing for sure Mr. Israel you have a lot of unwinding things to do cause this place has fallen apart. We have yelling and screaming on the 5th floor. We also have lots of putting down and disrespect to the staff.

Uh um duh yea I own and run a consulting firm in Davie with Tomer Nadler. Business is booming. We give AMAZING advice.

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Israel is a garbage bucket who has no business being a supervisor ever. He destroyed bso along with his side kick pollock. Israel is a vindictive jerk who held the raises hostage for the whole entire dle membership because he had a beef with bell. Sorry israel supporters I haven't forgotten what israel did to us. He didnt care about us then and surely doesn't care about us now.

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Scott Israel needs to come back I agree. This place has come to sh_t when Temp Tony came in, no thanks to DeSantis.

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Scott Israel needs to come back I agree. This place has come to sh_t when Temp Tony came in, no thanks to DeSantis.

Agree with you. We need SI back as Sheriff. I'm about to throw in the towel after 27 years. Unless SI comes back I'm gone soon.

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Agree with you. We need SI back as Sheriff. I'm about to throw in the towel after 27 years. Unless SI comes back I'm gone soon.
I hear that Brother, we want SI back too.

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I hear that Brother, we want SI back too.

What a stupid move DeSantis did placing anyone to replace SI, we need him back in. This place is a mess.

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We need to make sure DeSantis never gets put back in office. He destroyed Broward County single handedly. You can’t blame TT, if I was asked to be sheriff I would take it too reguardless of my 8 years as a Leo.

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The only two people that destroyed bso is israel and his side kick pollock. They both tied the hands of Leo's with signing on to the promise program. Whoever keeps posting the same post stating we need israel back is obvious an israel supporter. With the destruction israel did to bso that is the last thing this place needs is to have that unethical garbage can back.

Refute this israel had several pastors on bso payroll to buy votes. They collected a salary for doing nothing.

Israel signed onto the promise program that tied the hands of Leo's from effectively arresting juveniles who committed crimes which also included his son. Israel's son should have been arrested and put in jail for assaulting a special needs child but the promise program saved him. Needless to say this incident was never reported until after Peterson left the agency.

Israel held all dle raises hostage because he had a beef with the union president.

Israel was the one who approved the failed policies that were in place when there was teo mass shootings.

Israel approved the inadequate training for the agency that contributed to the horrible response to each incident.

Should we continue to name more.

We don't need israel back he is not a leader.

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The only two people that destroyed bso is israel and his side kick pollock. They both tied the hands of Leo's with signing on to the promise program. Whoever keeps posting the same post stating we need israel back is obvious an israel supporter. With the destruction israel did to bso that is the last thing this place needs is to have that unethical garbage can back.

Refute this israel had several pastors on bso payroll to buy votes. They collected a salary for doing nothing.

Israel signed onto the promise program that tied the hands of Leo's from effectively arresting juveniles who committed crimes which also included his son. Israel's son should have been arrested and put in jail for assaulting a special needs child but the promise program saved him. Needless to say this incident was never reported until after Peterson left the agency.

Israel held all dle raises hostage because he had a beef with the union president.

Israel was the one who approved the failed policies that were in place when there was teo mass shootings.

Israel approved the inadequate training for the agency that contributed to the horrible response to each incident.

Should we continue to name more.

We don't need israel back he is not a leader.

And it’s obvious this is tt campaign manager

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And it’s obvious this is tt campaign manager

Well someone needs to tell TT manager he is wasting his time.

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Well someone needs to tell TT manager he is wasting his time.

Si please come back

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The only two people that destroyed bso is israel and his side kick pollock. They both tied the hands of Leo's with signing on to the promise program. Whoever keeps posting the same post stating we need israel back is obvious an israel supporter. With the destruction israel did to bso that is the last thing this place needs is to have that unethical garbage can back.

Refute this israel had several pastors on bso payroll to buy votes. They collected a salary for doing nothing.

Israel signed onto the promise program that tied the hands of Leo's from effectively arresting juveniles who committed crimes which also included his son. Israel's son should have been arrested and put in jail for assaulting a special needs child but the promise program saved him. Needless to say this incident was never reported until after Peterson left the agency.

Israel held all dle raises hostage because he had a beef with the union president.

Israel was the one who approved the failed policies that were in place when there was teo mass shootings.

Israel approved the inadequate training for the agency that contributed to the horrible response to each incident.

Should we continue to name more.

We don't need israel back he is not a leader.

First, none of the policies, in pace at the BSO, caused or contributed to either the shooting at MSDHS or FLHIA. Noe of the policies contributed in any significant way to either of those incidents.

Second, the promise program did not keep any LEO from referring a juvenile if he committed a criminal offense. What the State Attorney, another signatory to the Promise Program or the Chief Judge, another signatory to the Program did from there is out of the individual LEO's hands. While the Program may have been used to give preferential treatment to Israel's son, this is a separate issue.

Now, Israel had some serious shortcomings as Sheriff. But, nothing which is associated with the MSDHS or FLHIA shooting are such.

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First, none of the policies, in pace at the BSO, caused or contributed to either the shooting at MSDHS or FLHIA. Noe of the policies contributed in any significant way to either of those incidents.

Second, the promise program did not keep any LEO from referring a juvenile if he committed a criminal offense. What the State Attorney, another signatory to the Promise Program or the Chief Judge, another signatory to the Program did from there is out of the individual LEO's hands. While the Program may have been used to give preferential treatment to Israel's son, this is a separate issue.

Now, Israel had some serious shortcomings as Sheriff. But, nothing which is associated with the MSDHS or FLHIA shooting are such.

Only thing I would differ is that Israel has experience and knows what to do.

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You sir are an idiot to believe that scott israel did not play any role in the msd or airport shooting. Who approved the policies for how bso would respond to such incidents. It was israel knuckle nuts. Stop trying to downplay his failures. As for his son, he should have been arrested for assaulting a special needs child but he skated because of the promise program.

That program tied the hands of all Leo's. Should we go further and talk about the pastors israel hired on bso payroll but didnt work. He paid pastors for votes. That should be investigated by fdle. Or all of the vendors israel gave contracts to only later to receive donations to his campaign. The escape from the courthouse. Another example of policies israel approved that failed miserably. These are facts that csnt be refuted. There is so much more.

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You sir are an idiot to believe that scott israel did not play any role in the msd or airport shooting. Who approved the policies for how bso would respond to such incidents. It was israel knuckle nuts. Stop trying to downplay his failures. As for his son, he should have been arrested for assaulting a special needs child but he skated because of the promise program.

That program tied the hands of all Leo's. Should we go further and talk about the pastors israel hired on bso payroll but didnt work. He paid pastors for votes. That should be investigated by fdle. Or all of the vendors israel gave contracts to only later to receive donations to his campaign. The escape from the courthouse. Another example of policies israel approved that failed miserably. These are facts that csnt be refuted. There is so much more.

The response to the shootings had nothing to do with the fact that they occurred or were successful.

At FLHIA, the airline released a handgun and ammunition to a passenger, inside the terminal, without notifying the BSO or the BCAD. The sheriff's office did not know there was even a firearm in the building, until the shooter opened fire. And, the response was rather rapid. There was confusion after the fact, but that did not impact the hooting in anyway. In fact, it was pretty much the norm, for such incidents. In the current shooting in Odessa, the police were saying that they were looking for two shooters, for awhile after the shooting began. There is always a period of confusion following one of these shooting incidents.

At MSDHS, all the victims had been shot and the shooter was trying to shoot out a window on the third floor when the third deputy arrived on scene. Dep. Peterson did not arrive at bldg 12, until the shooter was shooting the last few victims on the 1st floor. He had no idea how many shooters were involved, as none of the school employees, who had seen Cruz enter, had passed that information on to the office. Even if Peterson had rush into the bldg immediately, and he had that option under the existing policies and procedures, there is no guarantee that he could have saved any of the victims. The rest of the response was complicated by various things, such as a lack of on-scene command and control and faulty intelligence due to the delayed video feed inside the school. Also, the BSO did not have any responsibility for security at the school.

As for the Promise program, it was a diversionary program which allowed non-violent juvenile offenders to be diverted from the criminal justice system to a non-judicial program. It did not FORCE LEOs not to refer juvenile offenders to the SA's office. It should not have been available for Israel's son, based upon the offense committed. That he was diverted into the program, was not a failing of the program, but was an improper, possibly illegal decision, for which the existence of the program was used for cover. Even the MSDHS shooting commission stated that the Promise program was in no way responsible for the shooting.

Now, your other complaints of Israel shortcomings are are well founded. Though paying religious leaders for pastoral services is hard to prove illegal. Benefits from vendors should be looked into. The escape from the courthouse is another reason for concern. And, as you note, there were others. But, neither the Sheriff, nor any members of the BSO, were responsible for the shootings at FLHIA or MSDHS. The response to the shootings had no effect on the number of casualties in either. The Promise program, while extremely ill advised, had no effect on the shootings. And, both the suspension of Scott Israel and the charging of Scot Peterson were nothing more than political acts which had no legal basis.

So, you are free to make all the charges against Israel that you like. But, I will respond to set the record straight on the FLHIA and MSDHS shooting incidents.

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The response to the shootings had nothing to do with the fact that they occurred or were successful.

At FLHIA, the airline released a handgun and ammunition to a passenger, inside the terminal, without notifying the BSO or the BCAD. The sheriff's office did not know there was even a firearm in the building, until the shooter opened fire. And, the response was rather rapid. There was confusion after the fact, but that did not impact the hooting in anyway. In fact, it was pretty much the norm, for such incidents. In the current shooting in Odessa, the police were saying that they were looking for two shooters, for awhile after the shooting began. There is always a period of confusion following one of these shooting incidents.

At MSDHS, all the victims had been shot and the shooter was trying to shoot out a window on the third floor when the third deputy arrived on scene. Dep. Peterson did not arrive at bldg 12, until the shooter was shooting the last few victims on the 1st floor. He had no idea how many shooters were involved, as none of the school employees, who had seen Cruz enter, had passed that information on to the office. Even if Peterson had rush into the bldg immediately, and he had that option under the existing policies and procedures, there is no guarantee that he could have saved any of the victims. The rest of the response was complicated by various things, such as a lack of on-scene command and control and faulty intelligence due to the delayed video feed inside the school. Also, the BSO did not have any responsibility for security at the school.

As for the Promise program, it was a diversionary program which allowed non-violent juvenile offenders to be diverted from the criminal justice system to a non-judicial program. It did not FORCE LEOs not to refer juvenile offenders to the SA's office. It should not have been available for Israel's son, based upon the offense committed. That he was diverted into the program, was not a failing of the program, but was an improper, possibly illegal decision, for which the existence of the program was used for cover. Even the MSDHS shooting commission stated that the Promise program was in no way responsible for the shooting.

Now, your other complaints of Israel shortcomings are are well founded. Though paying religious leaders for pastoral services is hard to prove illegal. Benefits from vendors should be looked into. The escape from the courthouse is another reason for concern. And, as you note, there were others. But, neither the Sheriff, nor any members of the BSO, were responsible for the shootings at FLHIA or MSDHS. The response to the shootings had no effect on the number of casualties in either. The Promise program, while extremely ill advised, had no effect on the shootings. And, both the suspension of Scott Israel and the charging of Scot Peterson were nothing more than political acts which had no legal basis.

So, you are free to make all the charges against Israel that you like. But, I will respond to set the record straight on the FLHIA and MSDHS shooting incidents.

The "improper illegal decision" that you referenced was only one case of that type in that district. The outrage about Promise isn't really about Promise. It has more to do with who was NOT referred than the program itself. If the school principals had not essentially been wearing bars prior to 2018, it would have been a non-issue, but that was not the case. If anyone were to read the language in some of those reports, its evident that the terminology used is not that of law enforcement. How did BCPS HIPPA and FERPA protected information that is supposedly so guarded end up in LE reports? This would suggest a rather "cooperative" pen sharing relationship between the SRD and school admin when a felony would be best swept under the nearest rug.

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The response to the shootings had nothing to do with the fact that they occurred or were successful.

At FLHIA, the airline released a handgun and ammunition to a passenger, inside the terminal, without notifying the BSO or the BCAD. The sheriff's office did not know there was even a firearm in the building, until the shooter opened fire. And, the response was rather rapid. There was confusion after the fact, but that did not impact the hooting in anyway. In fact, it was pretty much the norm, for such incidents. In the current shooting in Odessa, the police were saying that they were looking for two shooters, for awhile after the shooting began. There is always a period of confusion following one of these shooting incidents.

At MSDHS, all the victims had been shot and the shooter was trying to shoot out a window on the third floor when the third deputy arrived on scene. Dep. Peterson did not arrive at bldg 12, until the shooter was shooting the last few victims on the 1st floor. He had no idea how many shooters were involved, as none of the school employees, who had seen Cruz enter, had passed that information on to the office. Even if Peterson had rush into the bldg immediately, and he had that option under the existing policies and procedures, there is no guarantee that he could have saved any of the victims. The rest of the response was complicated by various things, such as a lack of on-scene command and control and faulty intelligence due to the delayed video feed inside the school. Also, the BSO did not have any responsibility for security at the school.

As for the Promise program, it was a diversionary program which allowed non-violent juvenile offenders to be diverted from the criminal justice system to a non-judicial program. It did not FORCE LEOs not to refer juvenile offenders to the SA's office. It should not have been available for Israel's son, based upon the offense committed. That he was diverted into the program, was not a failing of the program, but was an improper, possibly illegal decision, for which the existence of the program was used for cover. Even the MSDHS shooting commission stated that the Promise program was in no way responsible for the shooting.

Now, your other complaints of Israel shortcomings are are well founded. Though paying religious leaders for pastoral services is hard to prove illegal. Benefits from vendors should be looked into. The escape from the courthouse is another reason for concern. And, as you note, there were others. But, neither the Sheriff, nor any members of the BSO, were responsible for the shootings at FLHIA or MSDHS. The response to the shootings had no effect on the number of casualties in either. The Promise program, while extremely ill advised, had no effect on the shootings. And, both the suspension of Scott Israel and the charging of Scot Peterson were nothing more than political acts which had no legal basis.

So, you are free to make all the charges against Israel that you like. But, I will respond to set the record straight on the FLHIA and MSDHS shooting incidents.

hmmm.... lack of on scene command.. Both locations, Airport and D17... what variables do these two districts have in common in terms of command staff and all under.... And, who chose those Captains... Crazy coincidence that 2 ROD districts had chaos and confusion during a catastrophic event. Who decided that only the busy districts need to be staffed with those who will....

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The "improper illegal decision" that you referenced was only one case of that type in that district. The outrage about Promise isn't really about Promise. It has more to do with who was NOT referred than the program itself. If the school principals had not essentially been wearing bars prior to 2018, it would have been a non-issue, but that was not the case. If anyone were to read the language in some of those reports, its evident that the terminology used is not that of law enforcement. How did BCPS HIPPA and FERPA protected information that is supposedly so guarded end up in LE reports? This would suggest a rather "cooperative" pen sharing relationship between the SRD and school admin when a felony would be best swept under the nearest rug.

There has always been an unhealthy relationship between SROs and school administrators. This is nothing new. And, certain people have always been given preferential treatment from politicians. This is wrong, but not unusual. As for HIPPA information in police reports, that can happen any number of ways. Look Promise was a bad program. But, it was signed onto by virtually every politician in Broward County and every law enforcement offical as well. The BSO and BCSB did not go rogue here.

Now, violent felonies and crimes in which the school is not the victim, can not be ignored. If they are, that is itself a legal problem. But, as you note, public reports were apparently written, on the incidents. If they are accurate, then whatever determination is made by other signatories to the Promise program, such as the SA and judges, would be on their heads.

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hmmm.... lack of on scene command.. Both locations, Airport and D17... what variables do these two districts have in common in terms of command staff and all under.... And, who chose those Captains... Crazy coincidence that 2 ROD districts had chaos and confusion during a catastrophic event. Who decided that only the busy districts need to be staffed with those who will....

So, how many other districts had similar events of similar magnitude during the Israel era. On fact, how many districts have had similar incidents of similar magnitude in the last 20 years?

No, by on-scene command, I am not talking about off-scene supervisors. The ranking deputy, on-scene, is supposed to assume command of that scene. He is supposed to coordinate the dispersal of arriving units. The reason for that, is that the person on-scene has a better understanding what the situation is and how arriving forces have to be deployed.

Now, at FLHIA, reports were coming in of additional persons involved in the shooting, who may have been involved. This caused some confusion. Then you have to secure the terminals, all of them as well as any of the tarmac area which may have been accessed by unknown persons. And, of course, the media was highly critical of the BSO performance, with absolutely NO experience in LE or critical incidents.

MSDHS suffered from a lack of on-scene coordination. Peterson was the only deputy on-scene for almost the entire length of the shooting incident. His directions were not lacking, as he had no accurate intelligence and did not even know how many deputies he had, when they arrived and what their locations were. He was also getting conflicting information. When superior officers arrived and took command, they were operating in containment mode [which they should have been all along] and their "real time" video intelligence was actually delayed by almost 20 minutes.

Get the picture? And, none of the confusion which existed during the post incident part of the operation caused or allowed any additional casualties too occur.

This type of confusion is not unusually in these type of incidents. yet, because Israel had to be responsible, people are grasping at anything that they can dream up to justify that.

What has always intrigued my about the complaints concerning the response, at MSDHS, was the criticism of the district commander for ordering a perimeter be established. Since Columbine, which was a similar situation to the MSDHS, including the presence of an armed SRO. What happened at Columbine, was that the media and the parents were highly critical of the Sheriff's Office response. For that reason, the "protocol" for response to active shooter was to send in the initially responding LEOs to locate and neutralize the shooter. Most agencies train with a four man entry team, though some use two man teams, as well. I know of no agency which requires single LEOs to enter. But, the problem that exists with these types of incidents, is if the shooter does not stick around until the LEOs arrive, he cab simply fade into the surrounding community. If he is still armed, he then becomes a threat to the far larger community. At Parkland, this is exactly what happened. Cruz simply left. There was no perimeter to contain him.

These situations are extremely volatile. They are also usually totally out of the control of the responding LEA.

Now, what could have prevented these two incidents? At FLHIA, if the airline had notified the Sheriff's office and either turned the weapon over to a deputy to br turned over to the passenger outside the terminal or turned the weapon over to the passenger outside the terminal in the presence of a deputy. But, that didn't happen, did it.

At MSDHS, what was really necessary to stop Cruz, or anyone else, from accessing the campus with a firearm would have been effective entry control, with armed security at the entry point as well additional armed security who could respond and stop the gunman from entering. But, on the day in question, the number of casualties could have been severely limited it the employees, who knew Cruz and saw him entering and on campus before the shooting, had notified the office on the radios that they carried. If the school had announced a red alert when the shooting started, or preferably upon receiving the notification that Cruz was on campus, the students would have been confined to their classrooms making it more difficult for Cruz to shoot them. Also, if Peterson was notified before the shooting was under way, he might have located and stopped Cruz. The problem with these types of shootings is that once the shooter gets inside the facility, people are going to be injured and killed. That is reality. What you do after those people are injured or killed will not bring them back.