A new panic alarm system that was triggered during Wednesday’s deadly shooting at a Georgia high school likely saved countless lives, authorities and advocates for the technology said.
Lockdown warnings flashed on classroom screens at Apalachee High School as gunshots rang out, prompting students and teachers to lock the door, turn off the lights and huddle in the farthest corner from the entrance, witnesses said.
At the same time, alerts automatically went out to law enforcement officers, who responded and ended the shooting rampage within minutes, according to Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith and Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey.
As a Canadian, I find it very sad that schools have to resort to panic alarm systems as if they were living in a Mad Max movie without a government.
As a Canadian, I literally worry about being shot whenever I have to visit the US (I try to avoid it). That’s the kind of reputation the US has
This is why republicans are opposed to reasonable gun control. These emergencies are money making opportunities. The more our lives are under threat, the more opportunity there is for businesses to cash in on our fears.
Smith said the panic alarm system at Apalachee, powered by Georgia-based safety solutions company Centegix, has only been in place at the school for about a week.
Other companies also offer technologies that claim to improve real-time reporting in emergency situations, NBC News has previously reported.
Centegix, in particular, advocates for Alyssa’s Law — a measure, passed in seven states and introduced in nine others, that would require schools to install silent panic alarms that are directly linked to law enforcement.
I mean, yes it’s fantastic that we have these technologies to notify emergency services but, what are we doing to actually prevent the emergencies?
We can pass laws requiring states to spend money on buying things from other businesses but we refuse to pass laws actually preventing the emergencies from occurring.
I just wish we lived in a world where the nutjobs went after politicians that opposed gun control, firearms manufacturers, or gun nut gatherings. In the immortal words of Futurama, “smite someone who deserves it, for once!”
To put it another way: If they were shooting up board rooms instead of classrooms we’d have gun control yesterday.
It sure would be nice if this kind of alarm system was a part of a broader initiative to make schools safer instead of the only thing. I’m still dumbfounded a father had no qualms with and was able to purchase a gun for his 14 year old after the FBI visited him on account of his child’s terroristic threats. Can’t possibly make it more difficult for these kinds of dipshits to get guns though, oh no
I’m of the opinion that if you can charge all sorts of accomplices with murder for doing FAR LESS than buying the guy who did the murder a gun, those parents should be arrested, tried for murder for each dead kid and teacher, then locked the fuck up until everyone forgets they exist and/or they die in prison.
They charged him with two counts of second degree murder so you may get your wish
Only a week? Timing is perfect! What a coincidence!
Part of choosing a free society is giving people the freedom to do bad things.
“Free society” is an oxymoron. Pick one or the other.
Even more so when that Free society is designed to create poor, uneducated, unhealthy, and mentally unwell people. Any proactive solutions to any societal issue requires the signing of a social contract, which means lose of some “freedoms”. 2A advocates want all the benefits of society but want none of the responsibility!
No?? It isn’t?? The entire point of a society is working together and protecting each other instead of it just being everyone for themselves
Can you define what a “free society” is?
I SUPPORT this UNLESS it’s used when someone has a Gun! THEN it INFRINGES on Their Second Amendment Rights!
Absolutely anything to avoid gun reform in this country…
