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Two deputies fired for their inaction in a Florida school shooting that left 17 people dead must be reinstated with back pay, a judge has ruled.
Broward County deputies Brian Miller and Joshua Stambaugh were fired in the wake of the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
Now Broward Circuit Judge Keathan Frink has decided that arbitrators last year were correct in ruling that the fired deputies should get their jobs back.
Both deputies should also be paid for sick and vacation time, overtime and off-duty detail pay, among other benefits that they would have received if still on the job, the judge confirmed.
13 May 2021
Broward Circuit Judge Keathan Frink ruled Thursday that two Broward County Sheriff’s deputies who were fired for inaction during the February 14, 2018, Parkland high school shooting should be reinstated.
NBC Miami reports that Frink also ruled the deputies, Brian Miller and Joshua Stambaugh, should receive back pay.
The
Sun Sentinelnoted Frink did not address the accusation that Miller and Stambaugh had failed to act during the shooting. Rather, he stressed that the Broward County Sheriff’s Office had waited too long to fire the deputies.
The
Sentinel points out Florida gives “police agencies … 180 days to investigate and discipline officers.” The sheriff’s department allegedly took longer than that in the case of Miller.
Judge: Deputies fired over school massacre to get jobs back
by The Associated Press
Last Updated May 13, 2021 at 4:58 pm EDT
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) A Florida judge ruled Thursday that two deputies who were fired for inaction during a high school mass shooting in 2018 should be reinstated with back pay.
Broward Circuit Judge Keathan Frink concluded that arbitrators last year were correct in ruling that the fired Broward County deputies, Brian Miller and Joshua Stambaugh, should get their jobs back, with back pay plus other benefits, the Sun Sentinel reported. That includes accrued sick and vacation time, overtime and off-duty detail pay, among other benefits that they would have been paid had they not been fired.
By Joel Malkin
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The Palm Beach County Sheriff s Office has said it plans to enforce every section of the new law, which went into effect as soon as it received the governor s signature last week.
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