Report Claims Broward County Deputies Waited Outside During Parkland Rampage

By Tom Knighton

The Broward County Sheriff’s Office has some serious problems. I mean serious ones.

Not only did the school resource officer at Marjory Stoneman Douglas hunker down as the killer stalked the halls of the high school he was charged with protecting, but a new report finds that he wasn’t alone in hiding.

The deputies who were among the first to arrive to the scene of the Florida school massacre were found taking cover behind their cars and a nearby tree and had no idea where the gunman was, according to an official report released Tuesday.

The report from Coral Springs Officer Bryan Wilkins details how he arrived at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School within minutes of the active shooter alert — only to find Broward County Sheriff’s Officers hadn’t entered the school, but were instead taking cover.

“I saw approximately four Broward County Sheriff’s Office vehicles parked in the west bound lane with their personnel taking up exterior positions behind their vehicles,” Wilkins wrote. “I drove up just west of the campus building 1200, exited my vehicle, grabbed my AR-15 rifle and donned on my tactical/medical gear. As I was advancing on foot through the chain-link fence, I …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms