OUTRAGEOUS! SWAT Officers (out of area doing training) suspended for responding to mass shooting at high school

Thanks to Tony for the link!

via TheMaven.net

The Miramar police have suspended two members from the SWAT team who responded to the school shooting without orders.

Miramar, FL – The Miramar Police Department has suspended two officers from their SWAT team for responding to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting without having orders to do so.

When the first reports of an active shooter came out, the Miramar officers were in training in Coral Springs, nearby the Parkland high school, and they rushed to assist in stopping the carnage that left 17 students and faculty fatally shot, and another 16 wounded, on Valentine’s Day, the Miami Herald reported.

Story here.

You want to point to why so many institutions are failing in the US?  Batshit stupid leadership is why!

This is fucking outrageous.

I can't believe I'm reading this shit!

How do you gather the balls to suspend two SWAT OFFICERS that are TRAINING for responding to an active shooter call?

What was that?

They're out of area?

Kids are dying and being seriously injured.  Trained law enforcement is nearby, training for just this type of incident and you suspend them for responding?

This is the kind of shit that makes me punch walls.

This is bullshit on a stick.

My only hope?  I hope these bubbas take their department to court.  I hope they sue and win.  I hope they quit and go join a bigger and better agency.

I hope whoever pushed this suspension burns in hell.  These bastards that use the "book" more than relying on good ole' fashioned common sense are a major part of the problem we're all facing.