Jay Clemens
Battelle has tested a new building safety technology the nonprofit science organization designed to help law enforcement agents respond to shooting incidents in short spans of time.
SiteGuard Active Shooter Response uses indoor gunshot detection sensors and cameras to locate and track gunshots then alert the public to an active shooting incident via public address systems, 911 calls, text messages and computer display, Battelle said Thursday.
Battelle and the Training Innovation Division of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center demonstrated SiteGuard at an FLETC training facility in Glynco, Georgia.
FLETC personnel and active shooter instructors acted as an attacker, dispatcher and first responders to simulate an active shooting on two floors of the center’s counterterrorism operations training building.
“Being able to see and automatically track the shooter by remote video allowed responders to avoid ambush situations that would likely have resulted in officer casualties,†said Ed Jopeck, Battelle’s SiteGuard ASR program manager.
FLETC personnel took between three and four minutes on average to respond from the first gunshot to shooter neutralization versus an 10-to-11 minute time span without the SiteGuard ASR.
