PARKLAND, Fla. - A
Broward County sheriff's deputy has been suspended after he was caught sleeping in a patrol car outside
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, authorities said.
Veda Coleman-Wright, a spokeswoman for the Broward County Sheriff's Office, said Deputy Moises Carotti was suspended with pay, pending an internal affairs investigation.
Coleman-Wright said just after 5 p.m. Monday a student told another deputy on the campus that Carotti was asleep in his marked patrol car near the 1200 building, the site of the mass shooting that left 17 people dead last month.
The deputy woke Carotti and informed his superiors, Coleman-Wright said. Another deputy was sent to replace Carotti, she said.
On Tuesday, Gov. Rick Scott called for Sheriff Scott Israel to post armed law enforcement officers at every entrance to the high school while students are on campus
"Recent events at the school have demonstrated the need for additional security measures to be implemented," Scott said.
Roughly 30 minutes before Moises was found asleep, other deputies arrested
Zachary Cruz, the brother of gunman Nikolas Cruz, for trespassing. Although Zachary Cruz had been told several times to avoid the campus, he rode his skateboard onto the grounds to "reflect on the school shooting and soak it in," deputies said.
Carotti's suspension is the latest misstep for the Broward County Sheriff's Office on the Parkland shooting case.
School Resource Officer Scot Peterson resigned after Israel said Peterson failed to engage Cruz during the shooting. Peterson, through his lawyer, said he was unsure where the gunfire was coming from, and that he was "no coward."
Others have questioned whether Broward County Sheriff's deputies could have entered the school sooner. Records released by the sheriff's office said law enforcement officers entered the school 11 minutes after the shooting began.
