Also - important to understand - he no longer has -criminal- charges to face. He can still be sued by the families of the victims in civil court for failure to act. For those who say "no one should be expected to play the hero" - that was his job. That's what he was paid to do: to protect students and keep the peace at the school. He was a Sheriff's deputy - he accepted the responsibility, then failed.
I don't think he should be held criminally responsible, because there's no way of knowing that - even if he DID act, he would've acted in time to save anyone. But he chose not to act at all, even though that was his job. And for that - he deserves to be held accountable and pay damages. That's my opinion.
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