Sheriff Israel probably had sheriff's around the nation cringing after his deputies stood around guarding the great outdoors while an armed teen shot up the inside of a school in Parkland, FL.
Fortunately, Sheriff Israel is unique. Other sheriffs have taken it on themselves to distinguish themselves from him. One is Denton County, Texas, Sheriff Tracy Murphree. He sent a memo to his deputies last week reminding them what there job entails. Source: Denton County Sheriff reminds deputies: In an active shooter situation, 'we go in and do our duty'. To wit:
"We do not stage and wait for SWAT, we do not take cover in a parking lot, and we do not wait for any other agency," he wrote. "We go in and do our duty."
"All commissioned Deputies if you respond to an active shooter, you are expected to take immediate action," Murphree wrote.
"We go in to engage and stop the shooter and save lives, ...
Any deputy who can't follow that directive should let their supervisor know so they can be reassigned, he said.
Our own sheriff in Midland County, Texas, hasn't issued a press release on this, but we do have his mission statement: "We will seek out and prosecute those who disobey the laws of our land." So we've got that going for us.
------
2:14 PM 3/5/2018
Comments