Since when does DO PROCESS enter into the termination of an employee? That is some creative lawyering.
By Eileen Kelley
A sheriff’s sergeant (click here) who was fired for sitting in his parked car while a gunman slaughtered students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School will get his job back.
An arbitrator has dismissed the case against Brian Miller. According to a statement from the union that represents deputies and sergeants, the arbitrator’s ruling found that the Broward County Sheriff’s Office violated Miller’s due process rights when Sheriff Gregory Tony terminated him.
Miller will receive back pay since his termination in June, 16 months after the school shooting in Parkland. He was paid more than $137,000 a year in 2018.
Former student Nikolas Cruz killed 17 people and wounded 17 more after entering Stoneman Douglas with an AR-15 rifle on Feb. 14, 2018. He is awaiting trial....
...Miller was the first supervisor on the scene. He arrived in time to hear three or four shots. As a supervisor, he didn’t rush to take command. Instead, a state commission investigating the shooting found that Miller took his time putting on a bulletproof vest and hid behind his car on Holmberg Road, not going on the radio for 10 minutes.
“Miller failed to coordinate or direct deputies’ actions and did not direct or coordinate an immediate response into the school,” a report from the commission said. "Sergeant Miller’s actions were ineffective and he did not properly supervise the scene.”...
Is cowardess a crime? (click here)
