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To school or other infractions. he my not have been able to buy that gun he used to kill 17 people. when cnns jake tapper pressed sheriff scott israel about his offices approach to student crime, he said this. >> what you are referring to is the promise program. and its giving the school the school has the ability under certain circumstances not to call the police, not to get the police involved on misdemeanor offenses. and take care of it within the school. its an excellent program. >> laura: w...

Information to figure out what happened here? what do they need to be forthcoming with in terms of information so that everybody can figure out what happened here so that it never happens again? >> well, i think what the union is prepared to state tonight is that were coming out and we are going to request total transparency from the sheriff and the sheriffs office. our deputies that are working the streets are getting attacked by public comments, being called cowards in restaurants and coffee s...

To school or other infractions. he my not have been able to buy that gun he used to kill 17 people. when cnns jake tapper pressed sheriff scott israel about his offices approach to student crime, he said this. >> what you are referring to is the promise program. and its giving the school the school has the ability under certain circumstances not to call the police, not to get the police involved on misdemeanor offenses. and take care of it within the school. its an excellent program. >> laura: w...

Called the promise program, reporting a student, a dangerous one, to law enforcement is the sixth step, step 6 in their plan. therefore, i intend to propose changes to the federal youth promise program so that a school district plan under this program does not delay and does not discourage law enforcement from being alerted to dangerous, violent or hazardous behavior. fourth, we need to strengthen background checks. and thats why ive joined with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, pushing ...

That will lead to the creation of gun violence restraining orders, something that will give law enforcement and close family members the option of obtaining a court order to prevent gun sales or remove guns from individuals who pose a stlet. and to be clear, the due process in such a situation would be on the front end, not on the back end. the third issue we uncovered is that federal law appears to discourage school systems from reporting dangerous students to law enforcement i dont support cri...

Everything i was trained on mass casualty event said they did the wrong thing. training since columbine has been first responders, police go in immediately with paramedics. they had a de-escalation policy at the broward county sheriffs department and they had another program called the promise program where they dont arrest students for criminal activity. you get to the point where he appoints his friend to that position. he was involved in the fort lauderdale shooting at the airport which went ...

That we have a deputy that didnt go in. because i know if i was there, if i was on that wall, i would have been the first in. so many other people. >> i think there ra lot of people, sir, who think there are a lot of mistakes other than that one deputy. the broward county school board entered into an agreement when you were sheriff in 2013 to pursue the, quote, least punitive means of discipline against students. this policy encouraged warnings, consultations with parents on conflict resolution ...

Shooter took knives or bulles to the school and police knew about it? >> i dont know if police knew about it. i know that the agreement you entered into with the school allowed the you to give the kid excuse after excuse a after excuse -- >> not for bullets. not for guns. not for knives. not for felonies. not for anything like that. these are infractions within the school. small amounts of marijuana. some misdemeanors. you are absolutely exacerbating it. thats not -- >> there are teachers at the...

Within the school. its an excellent program. its helping many, many people. what this program does is not put a person at 14, 15, 16 years old into the criminal justice system. >> what if he should be in the criminal justice system? what if he does something violent to a school? what if he takes bullets to school? what if he takes knives to school, what if he threatens the lives of fellow students? >> then he goes to jail. >> thats not what happened. thats not what happened with the shooter. the...

I do know about it. i dont know who the teacher was. it hasnt been krob corroborated. that has nothing to do with the promise program. >> a new democratic memo coming under sharp take by president trump. he says it is bust. but what are the real implications? well discuss that right after this.