Armed Drones to Be Deployed at Schools To Stop Mass Shooters

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Newsweek

Published Aug 20, 2025 at 5:00 AM EDT


Drone technology that assists responders to school shootings is set to be trialed in Florida. The Campus Guardian Angel is a Texas-based system that while supporting the police and other responders. A trial will be rolled out in three Florida school districts after approval from Governor Ron DeSantis. Newsweek contacted the governor's office for more information on the policy via email for this story.

Drones Can Be Deployed Within Five Seconds

With more than 60 school shooting incidents reported in Florida alone since 2018, according to the K-12 School Shooting Database, educators and lawmakers have urgently sought innovative approaches to school safety. The introduction of attack drones, designed to respond to active shooter threats in seconds, aims to address the crucial window in which most fatalities occur and could represent a major shift in school security across the U.S.

Campus Guardian Angel CEO Justin Marston told Newsweek that the drones were equipped with pepper rounds plus a glass breaker, allowing them to quickly navigate inside and outside classrooms.

"We feed live video to police, show exactly what's happening, where the suspect is, and even smash through windows with a glass punch to create distractions. This tactic, like during the SAS's famous hostage rescue [at the Iranian Embassy in London], can give officers a huge advantage," Marston said.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/campus-guardian-angel-school-shooting-drone-2106792

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Instead of reasoned gun control, you now consider a school to be a "war zone".

[LearnedHand]

1. What could possibly go wrong?

[C Moon]

16. That exact phrase was the first thought I had!

[electric_blue68]

19. Yeah, in less than a second!

[yellow dahlia]

26. Ditto

[Polly Hennessey]

37. My reaction also. What could possibly go wrong 😑

[Ocelot II]

30. You beat me to it.

[sdfernando]

33. My first thought!

A disgruntled drone tech with some undiagnosed metal issues could wreck havoc and murder a ton of students. How would you stop it?

[LymphocyteLover]

34. my first thought ... and much can go wrong

[HeartsCanHope]

47. Exactly the thought that went through my head!

I am so glad I left teaching all those years ago--this is nuts!

[Texin]

57. Exactly. Film at 11:00. And here in TX, kids won't even be allowed to have a cellphone on premises.

[CanonRay]

59. Indeed

My very thought. The answer is always more guns.

[Lovie777]

2. Drones also will search out undesirables for ICE.....................

[ananda]

3. More crazed insanity.

That's all we're getting from Republicans these days.

[Srkdqltr]

4. So every police department where there is a school will have these? Because how do we know where shooters are?

[Vinca]

5. Wow - they just gave a new idea to the next school shooter: do it remotely.

[bucolic_frolic]

6. Is this like a self-driven car with gun turrets?

I'm wondering if there will be more carnage with or without the drones.

[sop]

52. RoboCop being introduced at next Trump cabinet meeting...

[FalloutShelter]

7. So more guns...

More surveillance.
Yeah… that’ll fix it.

[jmowreader]

8. And of course...

It’s not like every tech-savvy kid who gets bullied by the football team isn’t going to try to figure out how to hack these so they can pepper-spray a pep rally…

[Paladin]

9. Needs work. Needs a whole shitload of work.

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Don't deploy these devices to my grandchildren's schools until 99.99% of the bugs are worked out...

[LearnedHand]

17. Or how about never. Does never work for you?

There is no situation under the sun where weaponized or militarized drones belong in kids’ schools.

[BamaRefugee]

10. Brilliant idea to get more kids into the prison system at a very early age!

A drone over a schoolyard is going to have every mischievous kid finding the nearest rocks to throw at it.

And I'll even narrow that down. I hope this isn't considered sexist but I'm going to say mischievous boys, and I'm a boy and I was extremely mischievous in school so I speak from experience.

Anyway, I'm sure it's a felony to aim and throw a projectile at a police vehicle so they can round up all those kids almost instantly, get them into the juvenile courts, and from then on easy sailing to getting them in prison later and have them making all these MADE IN AMERICA things that there will never be enough factories and paid workers to .make.

[OldBaldy1701E]

54. BINGO!

Because if anyone thinks those drones are just going to sit in a dock until they are 'needed', well, I want whatever they are smoking.

Those things are going to be on station every day, constantly watching over the kids who are outside, whether they are doing anything or not. They will be spying on the teachers mostly, to make sure they are not doing 'woke' things like paying attention to the kids, listening to them and their problems, and trying to help them with their learning.

Isn't it amazing that the teacher in 'The Wall' is exactly the kind of teacher that these rethugs seem to want these days. I seem to remember that things did not end well for said teacher, and they will not end well for those who want to interject their fascist ideology into our educational system. The rethugs don't seem to remember this. Or they just don't care.

[Justice Brandeis]

11. This might work once in awhile to stop shooters, but inevitably it will accidently kill an innocent kid or adult

Not sure that is worth it.

[slightlv]

23. It will end up exponentially killing for kids... of that, I have no doubt.

Weapons of War should NEVER be used on civilians... and I say especially in the country that made the damned things in the first place! This is all kinds of tragedy just waiting to happen. If I had a kid in school, I'd be taking her out right now and homeschooling, and I DO believe in Public Education.... just not while there are pedophile and life killing republicans around. Gods, do you remember when the repugs used to call themselves the party of family values... the party of life? Dog damn them!

[groundloop]

12. Getting rid of unlimited access to guns would be more effectibe and cost much much less.....

Taxpayers will be footing the bill for this crazy scheme (which I believe doesn't have much chance of working, with a big possibility of harming innocent people) because this country refuses to do anything about guns. Once again the only beneficiary will be the arms industry.

[Deuxcents]

36. I 100% agree with you

[central scrutinizer]

13. Oh for fuck's sake

Start with a shooter, add in a couple good guys with guns, a couple LEOs, and a drone powered by AI. What could go wrong.?

[central scrutinizer]

14. We need armed Roombas in every classroom

[Skittles]

18. that sounds ridiculous

but no more ridiculous than any "other" solution repukes come up with to deal with the results of their gun humping insanity

[Moostache]

15. Hmmm....kids being shot? What should we do?

1) Common Sense gun reform?
2) Shelter in place active shooter drills?
3) Develop Terminator drones to invade and confront unidentified active shooters in a building full of people that could be mistaken for shooters?

I hate what is happening to this once proud nation.

[slightlv]

24. Especially after they made a big deal that all teachers should

"carry" in their classroom!

[Mysterian]

20. Anything to keep our dear precious police officers out of danger!

Surely people don't expect our brave officers to endanger their well-being in any way.

[underpants]

28. As long it's not dear lunch

or there are screaming children.

I will give it to the two guys in Nashville. After Uvalde they git their plan together and they didn’t hesitate (to go in).

[sarisataka]

21. Ironically this was suggested on DU a couple weeks ago

It was suggested the students operate the drones

[DrFunkenstein]

22. Anyone see Robocop?

ED-209.

I guess it makes more sense than, I don't know, limiting the insane amount of guns in this country to keep a well-armed militia in case the British invade again.

[ClaudetteCC]

25. A good drone with a gun?

[yourout]

27. Have these morons ever watched a sci-fi movie?

[BidenRocks]

29. Student picks up dropped weapon

Bad timing!

Tots and Pears!

[LudwigPastorius]

31. Absolutely insane...

Next they'll want autonomous sentry turrets on the ceiling in every classroom and hallway.

[markodochartaigh]

32. Maybe we could save even more money

by having AI control the drones!

[BidenRocks]

40. Can we name it Skynet?

[Sancho]

35. So what if the mass shooter is a .... drone !!!

It's only a matter of time before the killers attack with drones and robots that they bought a Walmart.

[cliffside]

39. Drones already shooting people in some countries, why not here. :( nt

[Karasu]

38. Any country that is more willing to pay for shit like this than to address the root of the problem has all but

completely failed.

[WA-03 Democrat]

41. Every system is hackable

Terrible idea.

[MadMike47]

42. Here's an idea

They can also be deployed at golf courses, if you get my drift.

[Red Mountain]

49. Maybe they could use drones to enforce the rules

not just deliver beer.

[spudspud]

43. Actual footage of Florida highschoolers trying to go to open lunch in the future:

[DallasNE]

44. This Sounds Like More Of The Good Guy With A Gun Philosophy

They need positive ID that they have identified the shooter(s). This could lead to hostage taking, too. Think of Kent State as a possible outcome as well. It just needs a lot of testing, and this looks rushed.

[not fooled]

45. The start of it

Begin with armed drones in schools...because how could anyone object to protecting kids?

Bet that's just the start. Watch them expand the use to include any and all "law enforcement" operations. Good way to e.g. intimidate anti-red don protesters.

[Figarosmom]

46. Geez

Sure this will make it all better.

[COL Mustard]

48. Stop Being So Sensitive!!!

It's just kids. Their parents can have more!


(Of course, this is sarcasm, just in case anyone misses it.)

[Red Mountain]

50. Every time you hear a bell ring......

a donor is getting a kickback.

Welcome to the US of Grift.

[Javaman]

51. who could have predicted that there would be an arms race at schools. nt

[cstanleytech]

53. Frankly I think it's time to fight fire with fire and actually have more gun control.

The way to do it in a manner that SCOTUS will have a hard time rejecting due to their porn ruling is to frame it as State issue because the State has a vested interest in protecting children.

[Timeflyer]

55. Again, Florida turns up the autocratic theatrics to 11, first (still #1, YEAH!)

[flvegan]

56. If we just nuked the school from space

we'd get every school shooter, every single time.








This is obviously sarcasm, people.

[doc03]

58. It sounds like it may be better than arming teachers. I am thinking the NRA

will not like it, doesn't sell guns.

[republianmushroom]

60. Remember when armed cops were going to

take care of this ?