Florida SWAT Team Members Suspended For Rushing To Parkland High School Shooting Without Permission

NY Post — A pair of Florida ?SWAT team members have been suspended over their response to the deadly Parkland high school shooting — for rushing to the scene to help.

The SWAT members are being disciplined for jumping into action and racing to the rampage scene without permission, officials said.

The Miramar Police Department officers, identified by the Florida Sun-Sentinel as Detectives Jeffrey Gilbert and Carl Schlosser, did not advise supervisors that they were going to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where confessed mass murderer Nikolas Cruz allegedly wiped out 17 students and staff and wounded another 16 people on Feb. 14, department spokeswoman Tania Rues said Wednesday.

Uhhhh what? By “suspended” you mean given a well-deserved vacation for their courage and bravery, right?

Wrong.

The detectives’ suspension only applies to the SWAT team, said Rues, adding that they’ll remain on active duty for other assignments.

Punished and suspended from SWAT for rushing to the scene of one of the worst mass-shootings in American history? You just can’t win as a cop in Florida — one is berated and shamed for not going in, two others are suspended for rushing to the scene without permission.

Figure it out, Florida. I understand there are protocols and procedures in place but there are exceptions to everything and it’s the biggest no-brainer of all time to make an exception here. You can’t suspend these guys for not waiting around for permission before rushing to the scene in an effort to stop an evil psychopath with an assault rifle mowing down high school kids.