Description
Pursuant to Section 943.687(9), Florida Statutes, the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Public Safety Commission shall submit an initial report on its findings and recommendations to the Governor, President of the Senate, and Speaker of the House of Representatives by January 1, 2019, and may issue reports annually thereafter. This Initial Report establishes the facts and timeline of "what" occurred on February 14, 2018 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The more complicated question of "how" it happened and how it became one of the largest school mass killing events in United States' history is more difficult because of many varied contributing causes. The causes include Cruz's mental and behavioral health issues, people not reporting warning signs or reporting signs that were not acted on by those to whom actionable information was reported, and how Cruz's behavioral and discipline issues were addressed (or not addressed) by Broward County Public Schools. Also contributing, was the overall lack of adequate or effective physical site security and unenforced or non-existent security measures and policies at MSDHS, as well as the ineffective behavioral threat assessment process at MSDHS.
