During the 2018 school shooting in Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School , Broward County Sheriff 's Office Deputy Scot Peterson who was a school resource officer ( SRO ) at the scene of the shooting failed to enter the school to confront the gunman . Instead , he remained outside the building and waited for four minutes while the shooting was going on for six minutes , and thus violated the active shooter situation protocol requiring officers at the scene to immediately engage the attackers rather than wait for backup such as SWAT units . Allegedly , Coral Springs officers who arrived at the scene of the shooting " found another three Broward County Sheriff 's deputies cowering behind their vehicles "
2018 school shooting
Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
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