"To confront the shooter" means to directly face or challenge the person who is carrying a firearm and intends to harm others.
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The president was doubling down on his criticism of an armed sheriff's deputy who did
not confront the shooter at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where 17 people were killed earlier this month.
Scot Peterson, the sheriff's deputy who received public scrutiny for failing to
confront the shooter at a Parkland, Florida high school back in February, is now receiving his state pension of $ 8,702.35 per month.
As for the shooting itself, numerous BSO sources claim without substantiation that Jordan instructed deputies to set up perimeter around the school rather than go inside to
confront the shooter as policy demands.
Such personal reflections are woven throughout «Newtown,» including interviews with ordinary citizens like Father Bob Weiss, who buried eight children following the tragedy, and Rick Thorne, the school's custodian, who has been hailed by some as a hero for making three calls to 911 and keeping police on the phone for 10 minutes
while confronting the shooter.
Peterson, the school resource officer, resigned after being suspended by the Broward Sheriff's Office for failing to
confront the shooter during the Feb. 14 attack at the Parkland school.
Many of the police officers who stormed Columbine to
confront the shooters wore camouflage, so students were banned from wearing camouflage clothing because it disturbed others.
Sheriff Scott Israel has said his office's training and nationwide active - shooter procedure call for armed law enforcement officers to
confront shooters immediately rather than secure a scene.
The President's comments were meant to be a criticism of the armed sheriff's deputy who was at the scene, but did
not confront the shooter.
The agency has been criticized by the public for failing to Baker Act Nikolas Cruz before he could legally purchase a weapon used to kill 17 people at the Parkland school, and for one or more of its deputies failing to quickly act to
confront the shooter as the massacre unfolded.
Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas said two police officers had been on the campus at the time at the attack — as envisioned by the school's safety plan — and that they were «able to
confront the shooter early on in the process.»
The president also said he wanted to allow teachers and other staff members to be armed and trained to
confront shooters.
The Tribune may have missed it in their own reporting, but the answer to the question is, «Yes, we expect kids to
confront shooters.»
A trained deputy didn't enter Marjory Stoneman Douglas High after the shooting began... and we expect kids armed with rocks to
confront shooters?
Peterson resigned and retired a week after the shooting when an initial investigation revealed he didn't go into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to
confront the shooter, who is charged with killing 17 students and teachers, according to the Sun Sentinel.
As we all have heard by now, Deputy Scot Peterson was outside building rather than
confronting the shooter.
Be left alone to
confront the shooter and not engaged in helping students in some other way during a crisis.
Stoneman Douglas» officer, Scot Peterson, was blasted by Sheriff Scott Israel for failing to
confront the shooter.
US President Donald Trump has claimed that, were he present at the scene of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting that claimed 17 lives, he «really believe [d]» he'd run into the school and
confront the shooter - even unarmed.