New panic alarm system at Georgia H.S. saved lives during shooting, officials say. Advocates want it nationwide.
New panic alarm system at Georgia H.S. saved lives during shooting, officials say. Advocates want it nationwide.
The system, which authorities say was put in place about a week ago, prevented a "much larger tragedy,” Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey said.
I’m sure that’s a comfort to the families of the two kids who died and the two adults who died.
Make sure to tell them that everything will be fine now across the nation since there will be panic alarm systems instead of, you know, FIXING THE FUCKING GUN PROBLEM IN THE FIRST PLACE.
The price of freedom: murdered children.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/freedom-index-by-country
Sounds like we got scammed there too.
just ban guns like every other first world country thats all we ask....
But there's no way to prevent this, according to the only nation where this frequently happens.
Guns aren't banned in any first world country.
Just more regulated.Regards, a German gun owner.
Guns are pretty much banned in Japan and the UK.
Still, presenting it as a binary is harmful to the movement, when Americans regularly poll in favor of stricter gun measures but not an outright ban.
No, no! To prevent these shootings it's obvious that removing every kid's trigger finger is the best solution. First we need companies to emerge that can receive these fingers and keep them alive and healthy until the kids are 21 years of age. We should also remove their penises. Sure we could teach sexual health but that's not something you want in school! Plus just imagine all the money 💰💰🤑🤑 to be made during the removal and reattachment procedures!!! There could be re-attachment ceremonies! And they're kids so you're bound to end up with extra fingers in case the 4th of July goes wrong or because the 4th of July went really wrong. And you can choose the orientation! Forget opposing thumbs! That was between us and the animals! Imagine opposing pointing fingers! What couldn't you do! What couldn't you do indeed!
GOOD! These Alarms that are only used AFTER CHILDREN HAVE BEEN KILLED will Protect Our Children from being Killed!
The caps lock makes this sound like a Boomer Facebook post.
It's pretty basic formatting to put emphasis on specific words.
Gov Abbott already gave law enforcement a verbal handjob for standing around while 20 people were murdered. If we can't get our numbers down to that of other civilized nations then we're utter failures at keeping our citizens safe.
I like these badges, and want them for my school. First, we absolutely need better gun laws and need to change the gun culture in the United States. But even the school shooter stuff aside, we have 700 elementary kids at my school. Several are prone to seizures. Several are diabetic. MANY have life threatening allergies. Several have disabilities (or poor parenting/lack of resources at home) that leave them prone to outbursts that at a minimum disrupt the classroom and at most endanger the safety of the other students. We do not have enough walkies to give one to every teacher who has a severe need in their classroom. That leaves the option of calling the front office or going to the wall and pushing the call button for the office to respond. Badges like this can help so many stressful situations, and eliminate the excessive amount of chatter on a walkie.
How does that even work? I’m glad lives were saved but the system must have something I’m missing.
If there is a button on the back of the badge with your picture on it, you can’t use someone else’s badge. It also means there are electronics in the badge, and therefore a battery.
Over time batteries will die and the badge system will become useless unless everyone gets new badges once a semester.
I think the way the article worded it is confusing. Every staff member wears a photo ID badge, which is pretty common at most schools. At this school, their photo ID badges have a little button on the back. When that button is pressed, it activates the system.
I’m sure the buttons have little batteries inside them, probably similar to the type of battery in a smoke alarm. These types of batteries can last for years. However, many school districts issue new photo ID badges to staff each school year, so perhaps batteries are being replaced at that time if needed.
Looks like this is what they have - https://www.centegix.com/crisisalert/
Over time batteries will die and the badge system will become useless unless everyone gets new badges once a semester.
Or, you know, change the battery. Which would take seconds per unit if you're doing a whole bunch of them.