Pepper-spraying drones roll into schools’ active-shooter defenses
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Nine schools in Florida, Georgia and Colorado will pilot Mithril Defense’s plastic, nonlethal drones that can navigate halls, smash windows and pepper-spray active shooters within 15 seconds when activated by teachers, a move aimed at rapid threat response but prompting safety and effectiveness concerns.
- Schools are adding pepper-spraying drones to help combat active shooters The Washington Post
- Florida approves $564K for school‑safety drone program; state spending tops $1M News4JAX
- Schools to tackle active shooters with pepper-spraying drones that can ram attackers The Independent
- Atlanta Public Schools PD tactical field officer team 'ready and able and capable' for emergency response 11Alive.com
- Pepper spraying drones to be used against active school shooters in bid to prevent massacres Yahoo
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