Scot Peterson (Deputy)
Scot Peterson (Deputy)
Scot Peterson is a Police officer formerly assigned to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. [1] [undefined] [undefined]
Career
Officer Peterson had been a school resource officer at Stoneman Douglas since 2009.
He began working for the sheriff’s office in 1985.
His annual salary in 2016 was $75,673.72.
After retiring in February of 2018, he would receive a pension equal to 75% of his average annual salary during his 5 highest paid years.
He elected to retire during an investigation into his actions while policing Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. [undefined]
Press
On Thursday February 22, 2018, Peterson resigned from his position at Stoneman Douglas, after it was revealed that he failed to enter the building as Nikolas Cruz opened fire and killed 17 people. [undefined] [undefined]
Coral Springs Officer Tim Burton revealed Peterson hid from Cruz when the teenager started shooting.
Burton said Peterson 'was seeking cover behind a concrete column leading to a stairwell.
In 2016, Peterson had been warned about Nikolas Cruz'Instagram posts and other incidents 23 times over the course of a decade. [undefined] [undefined] Peterson resigned when he was told he was being suspended without pay while police conduct an internal investigation of the events that took place during the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting. He believed he "did a good job" setting up a perimeter and providing a description of Nikolas Cruz. [undefined]
As a result of the aforementioned events leading to his retirement, he has faced threats.
Palm Beach County police are providing protection for Scot and his family during this time. [undefined] [undefined]
According to Felicia Burgin, a ninth-grade teacher from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, "There is no one that is going to tell you a negative thing about Deputy Peterson.
He was an Eagle and he was committed to our school.
I don’t know what he could have done other than literally died”.