Former law enforcement officer Scot Peterson was arrested on June 4, 2019 for failing to enter the building of Parkland FL’s Stoneman Douglas High School during the shooting, on Feb. 14, 2018.

When I heard this I was surprised of his arrest. Coward County officer Peterson was armed, supposedly trained, and stationed at the school to intercede in an event such as the shooting. My own feelings are that he should be held accountable for not rushing in to try and stop the shooting.

But what should he be held accountable for?

I wrote about the responsibility of the police to an individual’s protection HERE.

To reiterate, the police DO NOT have any responsibility for an individual’s protection.

Here’s my prediction of what will transpire.

Coward Peterson will most likely be dragged through the legal system but will eventually be released because he did not have a LEGAL responsibility for doing anything. As bad as this is, the only way to fix the issue is for the Florida legislature to codify that school resource officers MUST intercede in a violent situation in all circumstances. This will be a very hard law to define and in the end, if such a law is passed, it will probably be found UNCONSTITUTIONAL due to prior Supreme Court precedence.

No matter what anyone says, the ONLY ONE responsible for your protection is YOURSELF.  If you choose to give up any of your rights for self protection, for any reason, you’ve made you own choice for NO PROTECTION.