'We took an oath': Wake County sheriff saddened by Florida resource officer's reaction to shooting

Scot Peterson never went in after taking a position on the west side of the building, Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said at a Thursday afternoon news conference.

Harrison said he would be disappointed if any of his deputies did the same.

"Sure, we are putting our life at risk, but we took an oath to do that," he said. "I was saddened that he didn't do it. I don't know why he didn't, but in my opinion, he should have."

Harrison said, in the past, the protocol for resource officers was to wait for backup. Now, they are trained to go straight to the shooter.

"At one time, we waited for backup. We waited for a team to come in. But, in the last three, four, five years, we've gone to stop the shooter," he said.

The Wake County Sheriff's Office has 23 resource officers at different schools and three supervisors. Additional municipalities handle the resource officers at other Wake County schools. Every middle and high school in Wake County has an armed resource officer on campus. There are about 70 in total.

"We tell school resource officers, don't go the same routine every day. Go differently. Don't be in the same spot every day," Harrison said.

He said the training is constant, and after the shooting in Florida, Harrison met with other local law enforcement agencies at a roundtable. They worked together to figure out what else needs to be done.

"I hope we never have to do it, but we train, ‘It's not if it's going to happen, it's when it's going to happen,’" Harrison said.

Harrison says there are some times that they are not able to have a resource officer at a school all day long. However, he said, his office will always try to either put a supervisor in their place or get someone who is usually on the street to fill in.