A charter school in Douglas County will be the first school in Colorado to install an active shooter suppression system that utilizes drones, once again giving us a creeping suspicion that perhaps using agriculture to eventually create industrialism was the greatest mistake humanity ever made.
John Adams Academy, a charter school that was slated to open in August, will utilize drone technology from Texas-based company Campus Guardian Angel. According to the company’s website, these drones can be launched within seconds of a confirmed threat and can even spray pepper gel or launch into a would-be attacker.
Parents have been quick to cry foul in recent meetings, with many objecting to the drone technology, echoing very similar thoughts of “this seems like a great way to have innocent students get accidentally pepper sprayed before getting their shit absolutely rocked by a flying drone.”
Because the school is a public charter, it’s funded by public tax dollars, meaning that the school had to ask Douglas County for $200,000 for “Physical School Security Improvements.” If you thought your tax dollars couldn’t be more misappropriated, prepare to be amazed when those aforementioned dollars are allocated towards a piece of technology that maces a seventh grader in the face for holding a trapper keeper the wrong way.
The school explained that it also intends to have “armed staff,” which has been a hot topic for the last couple years. While we don’t know enough about the training that will go into arming these teachers, we’d argue that the friends and family we have teaching in public school aren’t exactly the John Rambo type, so we’ll be interested to see how this one plays out.
