An old platitude, "once is an accident, twice is a plan", has led me not to contribute to this thread.OlBill wrote:https://www.google.com/amp/www.foxnews. ... y.amp.html
Commanding officer initially ordered responding deputies to 'stage' not enter Stoneman Douglas, sources say
However, the article's claim:
seems consistent with that platitude.a commanding officer on scene apparently ordered some of the initial responders to “stage” and set up a “perimeter” outside
The article was not initially clear as to what agency was in command but eventually meanders to:
One question remaining is at what time during the incident was this alleged order given. If the order was communicated to the deputy while he was, apparently, the only officer on scene, or was a standing policy, it seems to follow his subsequent dismissal would not have occurred. The Broward County Sheriff's office dismissal of the deputy implies the order was given after the deputy had the opportunity to take action.Fox News has repeatedly reached out to the Broward County Sheriff’s office — which was the commanding agency that day — for comment..
The Broward County Sheriff’s office has a long fail chain in this incident and richly deserves criticism. I enthusiastically accept their decision to dismiss the deputy but :
https://youtu.be/P2_Ymc4XUvs?t=15s