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'Campus Guardian Angel' Drones Can Also Smash Windows And Ram Attackers
This is how the Campus Guardian Angel drone system is designed to work:
The drone defense firm's CEO underlined that “the first 120 seconds are incredibly critical, because that’s when most of the shooting happens.” That implies that he thinks Campus Guardian Angel drones could be successfully deployed within that very narrow time window. But Uvalde was quite unusual, as responding law enforcement seemed paralyzed, waiting over an hour to enter the classroom.
These school-based drone systems are not without their critics. Some say that the funds may be better spent on prevention than cure. Even Mithril’s founder and CEO’s opinion seems to be that if these drones aren’t prompted into action within two minutes, they aren’t living up to their promise.
There is also the concern that drones could misidentify students or protection officers when controllers are under pressure. Others say that military-style drone systems aren’t appropriate for schools, and will cost a lot more than simple measures and routines regarding locked doors.
With the three states proceeding with pilot programs this year, we may see the true value and capabilities of the Campus Guardian Angel drones. If these drone-protected schools don’t suffer any terrible shooting incidents, then it may be claimed that the drones are at least a deterrent.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 04, @01:24AM (1 child)
Too many kids with bad upbringing? So bullying other kids and shooting other kids are nearer the top options in their things to do.
Have you heard the phrase "If violence is not solving the problem, you're not using enough of it", or "Violence is not the answer, violence is the question and the answer is yes". Seems a too popular concept in the US.
Conditioning an entire society to accept violence as the norm and you'll have such problems. Most humans are not that well domesticated. So conditioning and training humans is more important. Conditioning and training humans to have violence as a top option for dealing with solutions and you have stuff like this:
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/florida-man-says-he-punched-atm-for-giving-too-much-cash/30548/ [nbcmiami.com]
Like WTF? In saner countries, the worst is someone would try to repeat what he did to see if he'd get even more cash.
I guess in the US you might conceivably have people shoot a goose that lays a golden egg.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 04, @10:05AM
In saner countries maybe. In good ol' USA that guy was likely to get arrested for bank robbery if he just took the money and walked away. It's why he was so pissed off, he was already late but knew he couldn't take the money and go.