A local school district is the nation’s first to use new technology aimed at giving people a path to safety during active shooter situations.
District Police Chief Brad Merritt explained how gunfire activates acoustic sensors installed in ceilings that light up and direct people away from an attacker or tell them to stay put in classrooms.
Red and blue strobe lights direct first responders to the shooter’s location, detected by cameras throughout campus then steamed to track their movement.“If somebody has evil in their heart so bad that they want to come into a school and do this, they're going to find a way to do it,” said Merritt. “That's where this system comes into play because it immediately alerts us of what's going on.
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