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What hasn’t been mentioned is the “human element”....which is exactly what we saw in this matter. You can train all you want, have every intent to do your job, be the best prepared....but you can’t anticipate what each individual officer or person will do in the face of death and danger.
Yes LEOs take an oath to protect and serve, but unless you have been an LEO you have no idea what it’s like to walk in their shoes. It is a daunting task they take on 24/7/365. You are never truly off duty.
LEOs are not robots, and we cannot expect them to be. Every Dept in Florida varies with how they decide to train and arm their Deputies/Officers from basic calls to active shooter incidents.
To run into danger when everyone else is running out is not natural, 99% of most ppl will never face a situation like that in their life time. But LEOs can be faced with that at any moment. The mental and psychological strength it takes to over ride those primal instincts are hard to rewire.
I do not agree with the decision that Deputy made, and being he was a 30yr vet he was at the end of his career (Florida Retirement System is 25yr to recieve full pension) he probably never expected to encounter this type of situation. But today it can happen anytime anywhere any place whether it’s your first day on the job or last.
So in summary there will always be the human element. And there is no way to predict it.
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