Florida tests drones in schools to stop shootings
Merrilee Gasser
The Center Square
A taxpayer-funded program to test whether drones can ward off school shooters is set to launch in three Florida districts by the beginning of next year.
The Florida Legislature approved $557,000 to fund the pilot program in Broward, Leon and Volusia school districts.
Campus Guardian Angel, an Austin, Texas-based company running the program, uses non-lethal drones equipped with sirens, pepper spray and other devices to try to distract shooters and preve