John Claxton

John Claxton
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John Claxton was a sergeant who served as the daytime shift commander in the Hawthorne police department.^SLH14

He went to Southern Michigan University to be incident commander on the scene when Cody Archer reported a shooting with injuries. Having mis-heard Cody's report he thought there were multiple shooters and kept officers out of the building.^SLH28

His awareness of the situation was poor and he kept officers out of the building longer than he should. Chief Bascomb told him to take a week off and see him then.^SLH34

He was possibly the a sergeant who’s getting set to retire who Chief Bascomb told Mark Thompson he thinks that this man has the mindset of a good security man.^SLH39