{"id":12294,"date":"2018-02-28T03:34:13","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T08:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=12294"},"modified":"2018-02-28T03:38:40","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T08:38:40","slug":"the-first-one-goes-in-brick-pd-chief-says-his-officers-would-take-on-school-shooters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2018\/02\/the-first-one-goes-in-brick-pd-chief-says-his-officers-would-take-on-school-shooters\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The First One Goes In:’ Brick PD Chief Says His Officers Would Take on School Shooters"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Students and law enforcement outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. (Credit: NBC New<\/p><\/div>\n

The old adage that holds police officers run toward a threat while others run away holds true in Brick \u2013 whether it involves a SWAT team or a single patrolman.<\/p>\n

Brick Police Chief James Riccio, in the wake of the Parkland, Fla. school shooting during which an officer on scene remained outside while a gunman killed 17 inside, said it is the Brick police department\u2019s policy to take on the threat, no matter what.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first one goes in,\u201d said Riccio, responding to a question from a resident at a council meeting Tuesday night as to how a Brick police officer would handle a situation similar to the Florida shooting. \u201cThat\u2019s how we train, that\u2019s what we do.\u201d<\/p>\n

A national debate over gun control spurred by the shooting evolved into a debate over the role of police officers in active shooter scenarios after news emerged that Scot Peterson, a Broward County sheriff\u2019s officer, stayed outside\u00a0Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during the incident. Peterson, through his attorney, claimed this week that he thought the shots were being fired from outside the school and took up a \u201ctactical position.\u201d<\/p>\n