Patti Englander Henning, a county judge, ruled that Scot Peterson, the only armed resource officer working at Stoneman Douglas High the day of the shooting, had a responsibility to take on Cruz. Instead, Peterson remained outside. The judge was ruling on a legal bid by Peterson to dismiss a lawsuit by the family of one of the students killed that day. The Sun Sentinel quoted his attorney, Michael Piper, as saying: "We want to say he had an obligation, but the law isn't that. From a legal standpoint, there was no duty."