FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida — A Broward sheriff’s captain resigned and a sergeant was placed on administrative duty Tuesday for their roles in responding to the Parkland school shooting.
Jan Jordan, the captain formerly in charge of the Parkland division, resigned several days after she was widely criticized by a state commission for her role leading the response to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting.
She cited “personal reasons” in her separation form.
A news release states that Jordan told Sheriff Scott Israel of her intentions Monday night.
Parkland Sgt. Brian Miller was placed on paid administrative duty pending the outcome of an internal review of his response to the shooting.
He had to surrender his badge and weapons and was prohibited from taking “any law enforcement action,” an internal memo states.
Miller was the highest-ranking officer at Stoneman Douglas when a 19-year-old former student marched into the school Feb. 14 and killed 17 with an assault rifle.
At a meeting last week of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Commission — a state panel reviewing the shooting — the chairman denounced Miller for his failure to take control of the scene.
“He sat up on Holmberg Road for 10 minutes,” said Chairman Bob Gualtieri, who is also the Pinellas County sheriff. “He heard gunshots and he didn’t move. He never got on the radio. He was the first supervisor on the scene, and he never moved, even after deputies and officers were going into that building.”
The South Florida Sun Sentinel reported Saturday that nine months after the shooting few people have been held accountable for mistakes made by key officials before and after the massacre. more here
Two kinds of people, ones that run into danger to help and the ones that run away from it.
If you run away from it you have no business in law enforcement.
Still waiting for the sheriff himself to resign…..glad I’m not holding my breath in expectation.
What’s an assault weapon? Is that a fully semi automatic??
Scott Isrsel has built a police force in his own image. To a man {and woman} cowardly scumbags.
Wonder if they’ll draft Brenda Snipes. She’s corrupt AND she gets illegal things done without being caught.
Methinks this is a token being thrown under the bus so the big fish won’t be squished.
A copchick FAILED on the job?! 😮
Well that’s a HELLUVA price to pay, for being “stylish.” >:-( – H. Callahan, 1976 –