A Campus Guardian Angel drone flies near a municipal building in Fort Pierce, Fla., during a demonstration in November. The drone, equipped with pepper spray and sirens, is capable of confronting a school shooter within 15 seconds. Courtesy of Campus Guardian Angel
Three “guardian angel” drones emerge from a hallway wall box and fly the length of the school building in seconds. The would-be shooter is then distracted by sirens and disabled by pepper spray as police swarm in to make the arrest.
Welcome to the future of school safety, a sheriff’s deputy in Florida recently told a group of high school administrators and staff during a demonstration.
Aaron Gifford has written for several daily newspapers, magazines, and specialty publications and also served as a federal background investigator and Medicare fraud analyst. He graduated from the University at Buffalo and is based in Upstate New York.
