School cop resigns after shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School
Peterson, 54, has been a school resource officer at Stoneman Douglas since 2009. He began working for the sheriff’s office in 1985. His annual salary in 2016 was $75,673.72, according to sheriff’s office records.
Officials, including Broward Sheriff Scott Israel, have been asked about where Peterson was at the time of the shooting.
“Deputy Peterson was on campus,” Israel said at a new conference Wednesday. “He was armed. And as our command staff moves forward on this investigation, the response and actions of Deputy Peterson will be looked at and scrutinized, as will everyone’s.”
Asked whether Peterson fired his gun, Israel said, “He did not.”
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