Methuen school holds demonstration for ‘active shooter’ system
Methuen school officials conducted a live test Tuesday of a new system that could detect a gunman roaming the building — the first system of its kind installed in a US school.
Authorities did not identify the school, but they said the test suggested the system could save police vital minutes locating a shooter.
The Guardian Indoor Gunshot Detection system has the ability to notify officers exactly where a shooter is, how many shots have been fired, and if the shooter is moving about the building, Methuen Police Chief Joseph Solomon said in a statement.
Christian Connors, chief executive officer of Shooter Detection Systems, the company that produces the Guardian, said the test demonstrated how it “could have automatically initiated their evacuation and lockdown procedures, and many lives could have been saved.”
