# Sheriff officer resigns after Florida Shooting

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**Created:** [February 23, 2018, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheriff-officer-resigns-after-florida-shooting/809373 "2018-02-23T00:22:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheriff-officer-resigns-after-florida-shooting/809373/6 "2018-02-23T02:23:44Z")

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> [@Flyer](#):
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> I don’t know how common it is, but some agencies now say that the first officer on the scene should try to engage the shooter, without waiting for backup to arrive.

If a lone cop armed with a pistol and no body armor is supposed to rush in to engage a guy with an AR-15 or get branded a coward, all I can say is that these guys should get paid more.

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