What is a Police Officer's legal duty?

So the below excerpt is from a satire article, but it turns out that one of the cops involved (or, more accurately, "not-involved") in the Parkland shooting has been re-instated... with back pay... after getting fired for not intervening.

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The internal investigation found that Miller, who was the first supervising officer responding to the scene, tactically hid behind his car while shots were fired inside the high school. The union said an arbitration ruled the “BSO violated Sgt. Brian Miller’s Constitutional due process rights and improperly terminated him.”

When asked if he was looking forward to returning to his duties at the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, Miller said he planned on collecting his back pay then quitting his job. “I’m heading to San Fransisco, I’m a hero and this country doesn’t just owe me a job with back pay, it owes me a free hotel, alcohol and cannabis.
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Marauder06 said:
So the below excerpt is from a satire article, but it turns out that one of the cops involved (or, more accurately, "not-involved") in the Parkland shooting has been re-instated... with back pay... after getting fired for not intervening.

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The backlash against stuff like this is gonna be epic, when it happens. Whoever/whatever bureaucrat signed off on that needs to be burned. The pencil pushers, politicians, and bureaucrats, in our policing apparatus are in serious need of good pruning. At this point they're doing more harm than good.

It's just a shitty situation all around. Things are getting to the point where the average person is starting to realize that the rule of law isn't there to protect them. When enough people start taking things into their own hands public police forces are gonna take a hit.
 
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