'You Need to Get In There!: Florida Cops Removed from Patrol Duty After Video Showed Them Waiting for Backup as Woman Held at Knifepoint In Gas Station Bathroom Screams for Help

'You Need to Get In There!: Florida Cops Removed from Patrol Duty After Video Showed Them Waiting for Backup as Woman Held at Knifepoint In Gas Station Bathroom Screams for Help

Bodycam footage showing a delayed police response to a hostage situation at a Florida gas station last summer has prompted an internal investigation into how the officers handled the incident. On June 1, 2024, police officers were called to a RaceTrac gas station in Sanford, Florida, where a man held a gas station employee at knifepoint in one of the bathrooms. But even though the woman was heard screaming for help, it took officers minutes afte…