Thursday, June 27, 2019

SHOES STILL DROPPING FROM PARKLAND

by Bob Walsh

Two more Broward County deputies have been sacked due to the Parkland School debacle on Valentine's Day last year.

Edward Eason and Josh Stambaugh were both fired yesterday for inaction at the scene. Two other deputies were sacked earlier this month. One of them, the school resources officer, Scot Peterson, is being prosecuted.

No action was taken against three other deputies who were involved in the Parkland response.

Scott Israel, the sheriff at the time, was removed from office by the Governor. Gregory Tony is the new sheriff. Former Sheriff Israel is appealing his dismissal via the state legislature.

2 comments:

Trey Rusk said...

Sometimes the job is hard and dangerous. You took the oath. Do your job!

bob walsh said...

When you take the badge and swear the oath you are promising to put the safety of society as a whole ahead of your personal safety. That doesn't mean you act stupid, but (as Trey says) the job is at times dangerous. If you are not willing to run TOWARDS the gunfire you are in the wrong line of work.