By Olivia Young | CBS Colorado
A school in Douglas County will be the first in Colorado to install a drone active shooter suppression system.
John Adams Academy is a public charter school currently being built in Sterling Ranch. The school is preparing to open to students this August. It will be the first school to open in the growing community, and the first school in Colorado to use drones to protect students from active threats.
Tuesday, county leaders were expected to approve $200,000 in security funding for the school. They didn’t end up voting on the funding, but the drones will still be taking to the halls of John Adams Academy.
“We were looking for technology that could enhance the response time for our first responders and give real-time critical information in the case of an incident,” said Sarah Kiesewetter, headmaster at John Adams Academy Douglas County. “It’s enhancing response time, and it’s enhancing real-time information for our first responders. So we have a multi-tiered approach to school security.”
Texas-based tech company Campus Guardian Angel places drones in schools that can launch within seconds of a confirmed threat. They’re flown remotely and give responders a live look. They can even spray pepper gel or fly at and pummel an attacker.