One of the officers who was fired after the horrific school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on February 14, 2018 will get his job back. Sergeant Brian Miller was relieved of duty 16 months after the shooting by newly instated Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony.
An arbitrator ruled that Miller was denied his due process rights because the department took too long to fire him. Miller will also receive back pay, which includes any overtime he would have worked if he kept his job.
After the shooting, which left 17 people dead, a commission found that Miller "failed to coordinate or direct deputies' actions," when he arrived at the scene. While Miller was the first supervising officer to respond, he never went into the building and did not make any radio calls about hearing shots fired. Instead, he took up a position behind his patrol car and watched as officers from other departments rushed into the school.
"Sergeant Miller's actions were ineffective, and he did not properly supervise the scene," the commission's report said.
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