Florida schools introducing armed drones that respond to shootings within seconds
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In another sign of society moving ever closer to a Cyberpunk 2077-like dystopia, schools in Florida are testing armed drones as a defense against school shooting incidents. The drones sit in wait on charging pads at a school's campus and can confront an armed shooter within 15 seconds, according to their maker.
Three Florida school districts are trialing the weaponized drone system after it was approved by Governor Ron DeSantis.
The drones provide a constant live video feed to first responders. They cruise at 30mph to 50mph inside buildings and can reach 100mph outdoors, allowing them to cross a large campus in eight seconds.
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While the drones are armed, they use non-lethal or less-lethal weaponry, allowing them to distract, disorient, confront, degrade, and incapacitate shooters, according to the company. They carry pepper rounds and a glass breaker for quickly entering classrooms.
Despite not carrying lethal firepower, having 30 to 90 of these drones in schools has raised concerns. Beyond any potential technical issues, there's always the possibility they could make a shooting situation even worse or more complicated. There are question marks over the kind of training the operators receive, too. Then there's the storage safety aspect, as well as the potential of a drone colliding with a student or law enforcement as it zooms through corridors at 50mph.
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