A North Texas sheriff left no doubt about his policy on engaging active shooters. The sheriff made it clear his deputies will not wait for SWAT or other agencies. “We go into engage and stop the shooter and save lives,” the sheriff wrote in a memorandum on Wednesday.

Denton County Sheriff Tracy Murphree sent a memo to all employees of his office on Wednesday making a clear policy statement on active shooters. The statement comes on stark contrast to the apparent lack of action taken by Broward County sheriff’s deputies in Florida.

Sheriff Murphree wrote:

With the recent tragedy in Florida, I wanted to make clear my policy on responding to an active shooter. All commissioned Deputies, if you respond to an active shooter you are expected to take immediate action. We do not stage and wait for SWAT, we do not take cover in a parking lot, and we do not wait for another agency. We go in and do our duty. We go in to engage and stop the shooter and save lives.

The sheriff closed the letter by asking any deputy who felt they could not follow the directive to notify their supervisor and request a re-assignment.

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