It's not yet clear if they will appeal the judge's ruling.Įdward Eason, a third deputy fired, is still having his case considered by arbitrators. 'The union's claimed 'victory' fails to acknowledge that the union fought desperately to prevent the arbitrator from hearing the facts that justified the termination of these deputies, and that this 'victory' was the result of a procedural technicality, which the Sheriff's Office maintains was wrongly decided,' the Sheriff's Office added. 'There were no victors on February 14, 2018, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when Miller and Stambaugh failed to do their jobs, and it is belief that the deputies do not deserve their jobs back,' the general counsel for the Sheriff's Office said. The Broward Sheriff's Office also pushed against the ruling, saying the deputies still don't deserve their jobs back. 'It is painful for me to once again see there is no accountability.'Īndy Pollack, whose daughter Meadow was killed, added, 'We don't get to bring back the children who were murdered on a technicality.' 'Alyssa and 16 others are no longer here because of the failures and inactions by many, including Miller and Stambaugh,' Alhadeff said. Lori Alhadeff, whose daughter, Alyssa was killed, expressed disappointment with the ruling.
'Deadlines are set for specific reasons and the Sheriff's Office must adhere to those same guidelines as we demand from the citizens of Broward County,' Bell added. Deadlines are there for a reason: to keep checks and balances.' 'They were wrongfully terminated,' Bell said to the South Florida Sun Sentinel. Jeff Bell, the president of the Sheriff's Office Deputies Association, called the judge's decision 'a huge victory.' The Broward Sherriff's Office appealed both of those rulings, leading to the case before the judge on Thursday. Nikolas Cruz, who was 19 at the time of the massacre, is facing 17 charges of murderĪn arbitrator ruled last year that Miller's due process was violated during his dismissal, with an arbitrator making the same ruling for Stambaugh in September, leading to both of them being reinstated. He initially drove to the school upon the call of shots fired before hiding behind his truck for five minutes, then retreating to the highway.īroward Circuit Judge Keathan Frink ruled Thursday to uphold the deputies' previous reinstatements, saying they are entitled to get their jobs back, as well as back pay and other pay for accrued sick time, vacation time, holidays, overtime and off-duty pay they stood to make. Sergeant Miller, the first supervisor to arrive on scene, stood outside of the school and hid behind a car for 10 minutes while the massacre was taking place, while Stambaugh, who was off-duty at the time, observed the massacre from a nearby highway. The ruling has nothing to do with their conduct that day, however, and instead relates to a clerical error and the timing of their dismissals.īrian Miller and Joshua Stambaugh were fired in the aftermath of the Valentine's Day shooting in 2018, which left 17 people dead. Two deputies who failed to adequately respond to the massacre at Marjory Stoneman High School three years ago in Parkland, Florida, should get their jobs back, according to a judge. It's not clear if the Broward Sheriff's Office will appeal the judge's rulingīy Holden Walter-warner For.The decision came because their firings came too late, per Florida law.
The two deputies stand to make around $580,000 combined at their previous pay level if they are officially reinstated in June.The judge agreed on Thursday, saying they also are entitled to back pay and other pay for accrued sick time, vacation time, holidays, overtime and more.An arbitrator previously ruled that both deputies should be reinstated.
Sergeant Miller stood outside of the school while the massacre was taking place, while Stambaugh observed the massacre from a nearby highway.Brian Miller and Joshua Stambaugh were fired after an investigation.The shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine's Day in 2018 left 17 people dead in total.Florida judge rules two deputies who stood back during the Parkland school massacre should be rehired with back pay and benefits because the sheriff's office took too long to fire them
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