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Two Broward County elected officials urge local leaders to defy state law that puts politicians at risk of being removed if they pass local limits on gun rights.

A Broward sheriff’s deputy assigned to guard Park Trails Elementary School in Parkland has been reassigned to road patrol.

The elementary school is about a mile from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where a former student killed 17 people on Valentine’s Day.

Friday, a Broward sheriff’s spokeswoman called the move of the Park Trails school resource officer, Art Perry, an administrative decision.

“He’s still in Parkland on a new assignment as of Feb. 26. This was not related to the shooting,” said spokeswoman Joy Oglesby.

Broward County Police Benevolent Association President Jeff Marano declined to comment, but said Perry is a member of the union. “We’ll be representing him,” he said.

Perry, who is over 50 years old, has worked for the Sheriff’s Office for 22 years, state law enforcement records show.

A Facebook page for the elementary school’s PTA included a post on Feb. 28 that said: “Officer Perry has been reassigned from Park Trails Elementary. We wish him the best and thank him for keeping our school safe while he was with us.

“Park Trails will have two active BSO officers at our school every day until we receive our permanent SRO. They are at Park Trails all day and have been meeting with administration in the morning to make sure our kids are as safe as can be.”

A deputy who was guarding Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, Scot Peterson, resigned last week after the sheriff announced Peterson was under investigation for not entering a school building to confront and stop the shooter.