INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Texas-based startup Campus Guardian Angel hires professional drone racers, military veterans and former law enforcement officers to combat
school shooters with on-campus drones piloted from a surveillance hub in Austin.Retired Navy SEAL Bill King and defense tech entrepreneur
Justin Marston believe drones that can swarm, pepper spray and pummel a school shooter in seconds could save lives, and their startup in
the school with integrated sensors and surveillance cameras, and having a remote drone response team on standby
in-person hostage rescues as well as remote predator drone strikes during his 32 years as a SEAL
For Campus Guardian Angel, he said he is starting with four tactical response teams in four command-and-control rooms and will scale from
remote response team has 11 members, four of whom are drone pilots
He added that some of the best drone-racing pilots in the U.S
and helping vector the pilots to it; we have somebody watching all of their cameras and picking the best camera angles to share with law
seconds of an active shooter alarm, be on the shooter in 15 seconds and degrade or incapacitate the shooter in 60 seconds
Marston said they were able to prove that this is possible during their first school demonstration last spring, where three special forces
trained law enforcement personnel to an immediate response in every school in Texas and across the nation
service is that we are focused on confronting and incapacitating a shooter as quickly as possible to minimize the loss of life
We look forward to working with law enforcement officials, school districts, parents, teachers, and students to implement this service that
said, and is now branching out to schools and universities in other states as well
They have also been meeting with state and federal lawmakers to discuss school security bills that could help fund the technology in lieu
drones themselves are $15,000 for a box of six, Marston said
with pepper spray guns, front lances to break through windows, sirens, flash-bang devices and two-way communication.King said making it
known that Campus Guardian Angel is in place can also act as a deterrent to prevent potential attacks, as school shooters often have a
