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| Paramedics wanted to enter Parkland school where kids were dying. BSO said no. |
| 2018-06-02 |
| [MiamiHerald] During the chaos of the Parkland school shooting, paramedics from Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department were desperate to go inside the building where students were wounded and dying. Michael McNally, deputy chief for Coral Springs fire-rescue, asked six times for permission to send in specialized teams of police officers and paramedics, according to an incident report he filed after the Feb. 14 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting that left 17 people dead. But every time McNally asked to deploy the two Rescue Task Force teams ‐ each made up of three paramedics and three to four law enforcement officers ‐ the Broward Sheriff's Office captain in charge of the scene, Jan Jordan, said no. "The [BSO] incident commander advised me, 'She would have to check,' " McNally wrote in the report released Thursday by Coral Springs. "After several minutes, I requested once again the need to deploy RTF elements into the scene to ... initiate treatment as soon as possible. Once again, the incident commander expressed that she 'would have to check before approving this request.' " Even after the shooter had been arrested, the answer remained the same. It's not known whether paramedics, who arrived at Stoneman Douglas within minutes of the shooting, could have saved lives. Thirty-four people had been shot inside the school's freshman building. Gunshot wound victims can bleed out quickly, meaning fast action is necessary. The special RTF teams allow paramedics to treat victims under the protection of police officers in situations where a shooter has been pinned down or fled but has not necessarily been captured. SWAT medics went in instead, although it's not clear exactly how many or when. The RTFs were denied entry, a command decision first reported by Fox News, because authorities weren't sure where shooter Nikolas Cruz was and didn't want to put the paramedics in danger. At one point, commanders were relying on school security footage that showed Cruz still in the freshman building. But the footage was ‐ unknown to them ‐ running on a 20-minute delay. Cruz had actually fled roughly six minutes after opening fire at 2:21 p.m. "I’m not saying the [RTFs] would have made a difference and I’m not saying they wouldn’t have made a difference, but it would have been more medics and more hands helping out," Coral Springs Fire Chief Frank Babinec said in an interview Thursday. Veda Coleman-Wright, a spokeswoman for BSO, said in an email Thursday evening that medics are only sent in "after it has been confirmed the threat is mitigated." The video confusion was one of many mistakes that hampered law enforcement's response to the worst school shooting in Florida history. Continues. |
| Posted by:Vast Right Wing Conspiracy |
| #4 I'm not a security expert but, has anyone heard of such a thing? I'm sure a security expert would know. |
| Posted by: gorb 2018-06-02 15:16 |
| #3 A bad stench that keeps getting worse. One one hand, I can understand the incident commander's reluctance to do anything bold and decisive. Screw the pooch here and you kiss your career goodbye. Better to wait for the grownups to arrive and sort things out. Personally, that's shameful and cowardly, and a sign someone needs to find a job more suited to their abilities. But remember kids, no one needs a weapon because the authorities will take care of you. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2018-06-02 13:35 |
| #2 At one point, commanders were relying on school security footage that showed Cruz still in the freshman building. But the footage was ‐ unknown to them ‐ running on a 20-minute delay. Security video.... with a 20 minute delay? WTF is that? I'm not a security expert but, has anyone heard of such a thing? And even if this is something legimate - why wouldn't Law Enforcement know that the security video in a public school be on a 20 minute delay? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2018-06-02 13:27 |
| #1 There has always been a bad stench coming out of this incident. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2018-06-02 12:30 |