A Houston mom formed a committee to try to raise the funds needed to bring drone-protection technology to Memorial and Spring Woods high schools in Spring Branch ISD.
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Estela Cockrell believes Austin-based Campus Guardian Angel has technology that can bring an added layer of safety to school campuses.Campus Guardian Angel. Bill King, a retired SEAL and company co-founder, said the idea came from seeing how smaller, tactical drones are being used in Ukraine. “Really noticing how effective small drones are against people with guns, even when they know the drone is coming,” said King said during a demonstration at Texas Southern University in August.King said the company makes a digital map of a campus, has access to a school’s camera system and is direct contact with law enforcement. Each campus is then constantly monitored from the company’s headquarters. If a threat is detected, then pilots at the company’s headquarters deploy the drones, which are equipped with glass break technology to punch through windows. Each drone is also equipped with a siren, strobe lights, pepper balls and smoke bombs to disorient an attacker until police arrive.In addition to Cockrell’s efforts, Spring Branch ISD police chief Larry Baimbridge also supports bringing this program to the district. He said Memorial and Spring Woods were chosen as potential starting points because they are large campuses with exterior hallways and disconnected buildings.“Even having two officers on campus, if something were to happen on one side, getting to the other side where the threat was occurring would take minutesBaimbridge, a retired HPD officer with an extensive background in SWAT, also points to the 2018 mass shooting at Santa Fe high school. Santa Fe ISD police officer John Barnes was critically wounded when he was ambushed by the shooter while trying to round a corner. “One of the beauties of this technology is it gives the officers basically a partner, if you will. It gives them a backup or the ability to see around corners, see in the doorways“It’s the startup cost to really get the equipment, and then once we’re going forward, we’re looking at $60,000- $70,000 a schoolsaid Cockrell. “I want our kids to be able to go to school, I want teachers to be to be be able teach and have the freedom to know that they are protected,”Cockrell said she wants to catch the attention of Gov. Greg Abbott, with the hope of eventually seeing state funds used for technology. “We want to show the governor that we want to be first and best in class and really make this something replicable around the state and countryBoerne ISD will be the first Texas school district to implement the Campus Guardian Angel system later this year as part of a pilot program. The state of Florida has also dedicated funds to run a test of the program in three school districts. 2 Investigates reached out to the Governor’s Office for a comment, but has not yet received a response.Award winning investigative journalist who joined KPRC 2 in July 2000. Husband and father of the Master of Disaster and Chaos Gremlin. “I don’t drink coffee to wake up, I wake up to drink coffee.”Abandoned Homes Still Haunt Houston Neighborhoods | Here’s WhyKPRC 2 helping to build homes for Houstonians with Habitat for Humanity!Houston get ready! A strong cold front could bring wind chills into the THIRTIES next week!Dueño de panadería en Houston dice que el miedo a redadas migratorias ha vaciado su negocioFog is on the way to Houston51 drivers blow past stopped school bus, get tickets during Pct. 4 Constable sting in KleinPart of Polk Street closed for construction of massive George R. Brown Convention Center expansionHouston City Council At Large Position 4 race is tightening!HIGHEST TURNOUT: Houston Voters Pack Out Voting Centers this Election Day in Texas!Northwest Harris County beignet shop feeds families amid SNAP benefit delays
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