School Resource Officer Scott Peterson was elsewhere on the 45-acre campus during the
attack that left 17 dead and 16 wounded, Schools Superintendent
Robert Runcie said Friday.
“Staff and everyone responded quickly,” Runcie said, based on a briefing by the
Broward Sheriff’s Office. “The SRO was communicated with but was on another part of campus.”
Peterson, a deputy with the Broward Sheriff’s Office Parkland district, has been the SRO at Stoneman Douglas High since 2009.
He could not be reached for comment Friday.
School resource officer was elsewhere on campus during shooting, Runcie says
So, the school did have an armed security guard. He was communicated with but was on another part of campus when shooting started? Forty-five acres ain't that big. Why didn't he ever confront the shooter? This just doesn't smell right.