Florida Sergeant Who Was Fired For Inaction During Parkland School Shooting Is Reinstated
Florida Sergeant Brian Miller, 57, who was fired in 2019 for his inaction during the 2018 Parkland school shooting, is now being reinstated with full and back pay ($137,000/year), plus his previous seniority with benefits.
Miller’s reinstatement arrives after the Broward Sheriff’s Union argued that the Sheriff’s Office violated a 180-day termination notification clause after firing him only two days after the period ended.
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For those unknowing, Miller was the first supervisor to respond to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting on February 14, 2018. However, he, along with four other deputies were terminated over their “neglect of duty,” after it was found that he hid behind his car as the first shots rang out. The shooting killed 17 students and faculty members, and injured another 17. At least two of the student survivors have since committed suicide.
Furthermore, a spokesperson for the General Council for the Broward County Sheriff’s Office stated, “The arbitrator ruled on the case without conducting any evidentiary hearing whatsoever and without taking the testimony of a single witness. The decision was based upon a technicality that we believe was wrongly decided.”
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