New York Daily News

Dad rages at coward cops at HS

- BY LARRY McSHANE

THE ANGUISHED father of a murdered Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student discovered a new stage of grief: complete outrage.

Andrew Pollack, whose 18-year-old daughter, Meadow, died in the Feb. 14 school shooting, ripped into the school resource officer who stayed outside during the slaughter of 17 victims.

“Unbelievab­le,” the father wrote Saturday in his pointed Facebook post. “Without question ... Scot Peterson had ample enough to time to make it to the third floor and prevent 6 deaths including the death of my daughter Meadow.”

Peterson, 54, resigned his position with the Broward County Sheriff’s Office after his decision to avoid confrontin­g mass shooter Nikolas Cruz became national news.

A video showed Peterson (photo left) standing outside for four full minutes as the killer kept firing.

“Words can’t described how upset and angry I am,” continued Pollack (photo right) in a post accompanie­d by a photo of his slain child. “This is a picture of my beautiful daughter that he allowed to be stalked and shot nine times on the third floor.”

At least two other sheriff’s deputies were also under investigat­ion for their failure to enter the building during the rampage.

Yet President Trump again called Saturday for the nation’s teachers to step up where law enforcemen­t had not during the Parkland, Fla., killings.

“Armed Educators (and trusted people who work within a school) love our students and will protect them,” Trump tweeted. “Very smart people. Must be firearms adept & have annual training.

“Should get yearly bonus. Shootings will not happen again — a big & very inexpensiv­e deterrent.”

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