The heroic actions of the Pauls Valley High School principal who took down an active shooter last week is putting school safety top of mind with many looking at how school districts are keeping students safe.
Marietta Public Schools is the first district in the state to install new technology that can detect shots fired in seconds and direct police to the threat.
“It’s every educator’s worst nightmare,” said Brandi Naylor, Marietta Public Schools Superintendent.
Naylor said she put herself in principal Kirk Moore’s shoes when she saw the footage of him tackling the shooter.
“We train, we train for these types of things so you would just hope that your training would kick in like his did,” said Naylor.
Naylor’s district recently installed technology to detect a shooting on campus. The Go To Green Security system was developed by Texas resident Williams.
“We have sensors and when I say sensors it’s LED lights,” said Ernie Williams, Go To Green Security Developer. “When a gunshot goes off we immediately within about seven milliseconds, it lets the police know of what’s going on, the location of where it’s at and what’s the floor plan, pictures pick up the shooter.”
Flashing red lights are inside classrooms to indicate immediately red and blue lights let police know where the shooter is located and flashing green lights a pathway to safety. Naylor said the sensors have not gone off for an emergency yet, but they can do drills.
“Our SRO has a screen in his office so the SRO would immediately see a map of the building and see what sensor went off for whatever reason,” said Naylor.
The sensors also work for medical emergencies, fire alarms, and weather threats. Williams said each sensor has its own IP address, so if a suspect shoots one down, it does not impact the other sensors.
