Broward schools consider drones for shooting response

Possible response role

Broward County schools are considering the use of drones in responses to school shootings. The proposal would place drones within the emergency response discussion for incidents involving an active shooter.

What is established

The development concerns a possible policy or operational change by Broward County schools. It does not establish that the school system has approved the plan, purchased equipment, trained personnel or used drones during an actual shooting response.

Next steps

Any move toward deployment would require decisions about authorization, training, coordination with law enforcement and the circumstances in which a drone could be used. Those steps would determine how the proposal could operate in practice.

The Guam Daily Post reported on the development. The linked material also points to a primary record, but that record is not separately linked here.