Posted on 03/13/2018 12:14:11 PM PDT by simpson96
A former substitute elementary school teacher has developed a gunshot alarm system that would work similarly to a fire alarm inside a school building alerting teachers, students and first responders to an active shooter.
Stacy Jax, a former substitute teacher in Wisconsin, first came up with the idea in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that left 20 children dead in 2012.
“When Sandy Hook happened, I really identified with my child being in that classroom or being in that classroom as a teacher, which made it really hit home,” Jax told ABC News.(snip)
Sensors are placed throughout the building that constantly scan for the sound of gunfire, Jax explained. Once a sensor detects a gunshot, the system’s computer can differentiate and confirm that the sound is gunfire and not a different loud noise that is common in a school, like a locker slamming. If a gunshot is confirmed, the system sounds a building-wide alarm that allows teachers what may be valuable seconds to barricade their classrooms or evacuate their students. At the same time, it calls police, providing them with specific information about where in the building the shots were fired, according to Trinity’s website.
“The alarm will be every bit as loud as a fire alarm,” Jax said. “I am hoping it will be a deterrent for a gunman.”
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Cops don’t have time to finish their donuts then?
ABSOLUTELY USELESS. Unless there is someone already on-scene who is willing confront the murderer, all the alarms, barricades, and hides are absolutely useless. ARM THE TEACHERS who want to be armed. Either you trust them, or you don’t.
Or “set up a perimeter” and not go in after the perp?
It should sound like a Ma Deuce with the sound of rounds passing over head.
Glue one of those medic alert buttons on every desk.
What could go wrong?
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That’s why we have Dunkin Donuts on every corner.
Not a fire alarm - a *violence* alarm.
They already have tornado alarms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psa3OEmYGoM
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