“I was a little surprised by it.”
Florida is preparing to launch the nation’s first state-funded drone pilot program designed to stop active school shooters, but families affected by the 2018 Parkland massacre have mixed feelings about the innovative approach.
The pilot program, set to begin early next year in Broward, Volusia and Leon counties, will invest more than $550,000 in public funds to deploy encrypted drones operated remotely by professional pilots in Austin, Texas, more than 1,000 miles away from Florida schools.
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Florida’s drone program to stop school shooters draws mixed reactions from Parkland families
Florida’s Department of Education recently announced the school districts participating in the pilot program…