Broward Sheriff’s Office wants out of protecting schools-suggests school police force
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. June 9 2018
The Broward Sheriff’s Office told the commission investigating the Florida school massacre that it wants out of the business of guarding campuses.
Maj. Nichole Anderson told the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Safety Commission on Friday that her office believes Broward County would be better served if the school district formed its own police department.
She said similar arrangements work well in the neighboring counties of Miami-Dade and Palm Beach.
In Broward, the sheriff’s office and several municipal police departments provide officers, each following different procedures.
Anderson says having one county school police department would create uniform policies and funding.
Broward Deputy Scot Peterson was assigned to Stoneman Douglas when the Feb. 14 massacre happened. He retired after being criticized for not rushing into the building where the shootings happened. Seventeen died in the shooting. He said he did all he could.
