Remember Scot Peterson? He’s the Parkland police officer who refused to confront Nikolas Cruz during the shooting rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
He stood outside and did nothing. But don’t call him a coward, because he’s not one! He said so himself!
Irritated? This won’t help.
As it turns out, Peterson is receiving $8,702 a month in pension.
Peterson, the Sun-Sentinel reported, has received a monthly state pension of $8,702.35 since April. He was paid $101,879.03 last year, according to the news outlet, which cited sheriff’s office records.
The former deputy stood by his actions after the shooting. His lawyer said in a statement at the time that “the allegations that Mr. Peterson was a coward and that his performance, under the circumstances, failed to meet the standards of police officers are patently untrue.”
Peterson hasn’t been criminally charged in relation to the shooting, but his pension benefits could possibly be forefeited, according to the Sentinel, pending a Florida state inquiry into how police responded to the shooting.
I hope to heck they are, because he doesn’t deserve that cash. It’s gross, quite frankly.
The coward of broward, Scot Peterson is getting over $8k a month pension! He hid while my daughter and 16 others were slaughtered! How in the hell is he getting this?
That money should go to actually securing our schools! #FixIt https://t.co/Zv5zT3lDgP
— Andrew Pollack (@AndrewPollackFL) May 16, 2018
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My family and I cry daily. The failure, Deputy Scot Peterson, is now retired with a substantial pension. $8702 a month immediately distributed to you after you failed to protect my sister. Makes me sick to my stomach. Failure after failure #FIXIT!— Hunter Pollack (@PollackHunter) May 15, 2018
This infuriates me in ways people cannot comprehend. My daughter would still be alive if this person did his job.https://t.co/MVYtMKjtGh
— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) May 16, 2018
Parkland school cop Scot Peterson gets $8,702 a month in pension https://t.co/D8RmsPWDjA
— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) May 15, 2018
Some math: This is $104,482 per year or $2.1 million over 20 years.https://t.co/re2PdKvq9y
— David Schutz (@GraphicsSchutz) May 15, 2018
This isn’t right. Something needs to change.