Quote:A Broward sheriff’s commander — in the spotlight for her role in the Parkland school shooting — applied for employment at the Sheriff’s Office just weeks after Sheriff Scott Israel won his first term in office.

Capt. Jan Jordan, who commands the Parkland district, listed Israel, a former Fort Lauderdale Police captain and SWAT commander, as the one who referred her, according to her Dec. 21, 2012, job application.

Fox News reported that a Broward sheriff’s commander had ordered deputies to set up a perimeter, rather than storm the school and neutralize the shooter. The Miami Herald identified the commander as Jordan, saying a Sheriff’s Office dispatch log shows that she gave the order.

Israel and law enforcement experts say the proper procedure in an active shooter situation is to move in on the shooter immediately, not set up a perimeter.

Jeff Bell, president of the Broward County Sheriff's Deputies Association, said he was shown a copy of the log by Fox News and it appeared authentic.

Assuming it was accurate, he said, “this was the wrong command to be given.”

“Our priority is to preserve life,” he said.

He called on the Sheriff’s Office to release the log and other documents on how the shooting was handled.

“Just come clean,” he said. “Release everything. Why not be transparent on this, so we can have the deputies stop being called cowards in public?”