Florida education officials are exploring a new, high-tech approach to school safety — one that involves drones designed to respond faster than any human could during an active shooter situation.

A company called Campus Guardian Angels, led by Austin-based CEO Justin Marston, has developed nonlethal drones capable of confronting a shooter within seconds of a threat being detected.

“The key thing with what we’re doing is we put the drones on site already — just like the sprinkler system is there already,” Marston said. “Because we’re there already, we can respond really fast. Our goal is to respond in five seconds and be on the shooter in 15 seconds.”

Each drone is equipped with nonlethal deterrents, including piercing sirens, bright lights and loudspeakers to command suspects to surrend

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