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Colorado charter school plans to install pepper-spraying drones for active shooter response

Headline from WQAD, on the newest of 2 developments

“We will use every tool in our toolbox to keep the kids in our school safe,” the headmaster of John Adams Academy Douglas County in Colorado said.

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Developments in this update

2 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. Schools are testing pepper-spraying drones to stop active shooters

    Headline from Arklatex Home Page ·

  2. Newest

    Colorado charter school plans to install pepper-spraying drones for active shooter response

    Headline from WQAD ·

3 reports not tied to one development ·

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Reports & sources

53 articles, oldest first.

  1. The Guardian

    Several US schools to install pepper-spraying drones to respond to school shootings (opens The Guardian)

    Published

    The Guardian's feed description

    Company supplying drones said Ukraine-war inspired effort, where technique was effective in face of Russian attack Several schools across the US are set to install pepper-spraying drones as part of a new effort to respond to school shooting attacks – a Ukraine war-inspired approach that is bound to …

  2. ABC News

    WATCH: Pepper-spraying drones to help stop school shooters sparks debate (opens ABC News)

    Published

    ABC News's feed description

    Several schools across the country are set to install pepper-spraying drones as part of a new effort to protect kids from active school shooting attacks.

  3. 6ABC Philadelphia

    Some schools installing pepper-spraying drones to help stop active school shooters (opens 6ABC Philadelphia)

    Published

    6ABC Philadelphia's feed description

    Some American schools are now turning to a hi-tech drones to combat active shooters.

  4. CBS News

    Schools are testing pepper-spraying drones to stop shooters (opens CBS News)

    Published

    CBS News's feed description

    Schools in three states will be equipped with drones this coming academic year that aim to find and deter active shooters within seconds.

  5. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Schools are adding pepper-spraying drones to help combat active shooters (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

    Published

    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    Schools in at least three states will be equipped with the drones, which can be activated by teachers.

  6. News Nation Now

    Three states to deploy pepper-spraying drones to combat school shootings (opens News Nation Now)

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    News Nation Now's feed description

    The drones can confront a shooter within 60 seconds after a school reports the threat.

  7. Arklatex Home Page

    Schools are testing pepper-spraying drones to stop active shooters (opens Arklatex Home Page)

    Published

    Arklatex Home Page's feed description

    Schools in Colorado, Florida, and Georgia are piloting drones equipped with lights, sirens, and pepper gel to assist during active shooter emergencies.

  8. The Daily Caller

    Sign Of The Times: Defense Company Arms Schools With Drones To Stop Active Shooters (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Daily Caller's feed description

    ‘distract, disorient, confront, degrade, and incapacitate a shooter’

  9. The Week

    Pepper-spraying drones are deploying against school shooters, but not everyone approves (opens The Week)

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    The Week's feed description

    The drones are being used in schools in Colorado, Florida and Georgia

  10. 9NEWS Denver

    New Colorado charter school plans to install pepper-spraying drones for active shooter response (opens 9NEWS Denver)

    Published

    9NEWS Denver's feed description

    John Adams Academy will be the only school in Colorado using the pepper-spraying drone system, which the school says will cost about $200,000 over four years.

  11. WLTX Columbia

    A Colorado K-8 school is installing pepper-spraying anti-shooter drones -- a state first (opens WLTX Columbia)

    Published

    WLTX Columbia's feed description

    Remotely flown on a human command, they can slow an attacker before police arrive. A safety expert who worked seven school shootings warns: test it first.

  12. WQAD

    Colorado charter school plans to install pepper-spraying drones for active shooter response (opens WQAD)

    Published

    WQAD's feed description

    “We will use every tool in our toolbox to keep the kids in our school safe,” the headmaster of John Adams Academy Douglas County in Colorado said.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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