Female police captain, who stopped deputies from storming Parkland high school during Nicholas Cruz’s deadly rampage, will be removed from her position
Jan Jordan issued the command ‘NEED PERIMETER’ over her radio on Feb 14
Police sources say she was in charge and that deputies had to follow her orders
It was given at 2.32pm, 15 minutes before a SWAT team entered the school
Gunman Nikolas Cruz, 19, had already fled in a crowd of panicked students
Deputies say Jordan’s decision was described as ‘atrocious’ by police sources
Some said it may have cost some of the 17 lives that were taken
Broward County Sheriff’s Office said she ‘asked if a perimeter had been set up’
By ARIEL ZILBER and JENNIFER SMITH
DAILYMAIL.COM
7 June 2018
The police captain who told sheriff’s deputies to ‘stage’ and form a perimeter outside Stoneman Douglas High School as students and teachers were shot inside on February 14 is being replaced.
Jan Jordan, 49, was in charge of deputies who responded to the first calls of the shooting in Parkland, Florida, on February 14.
She will be removed from her position, which will instead be taken up by an officer of a higher rank, Fox News reported on Thursday.
The move to replace Jordan with a major was made as part of the city’s re-evaluation of its contract with the Broward County Sheriff’s Office.
Jordan, the 27-year force veteran, was issuing commands from her radio during the response to the shooting.
At 2.32pm, ten minutes after the first call to police that shots had been fired, the following command came from Jordan’s radio: ‘NEED PERIMETER’.
It was included in the police log from the day with her radio call sign, 17 Sierra 1.
Jordan has not spoken out since the shooting to confirm that it was her who sent the signal and Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel will not speak of it either.
Sources, however, said it was indeed her who gave the command and that it may have cost lives.
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