In Response to School Shootings, Man Builds ‘Safe Schoolz’ Technology Platform

With the mission to end school shootings, communications engineer David Gray has built a product that works like a conference call, which lets all first responders in an emergency active school shooter situation communicate and coordinate with each other on one technology platform. The platform allows for the safe routing of medical personnel, assistance with safe evacuations, and to quickly direct police to an active shooter at a school, Gray said. He said with all emergency responders on the same platform, it would eliminate miscommunication and improve response time. In a recent episode of Bay Area Innovators, he said his technology called “Safe Schoolz” would give each teacher a button that can be pressed in an emergency situation. It would instantly create a conference call in which every first responder and school administrator would be alerted and would be able to see what’s happening in every classroom, hallway, and courtyard that has a camera....