San Antonio's SWAT team underwent a training session and demonstration for the LifeSpot app, designed to help police save lives during a massacre.
“We are not down here because of the horrific tragedy down in Uvalde,” Brett Titus, CEO of LifeSpot, told more than two dozen SWAT officers and hostage negotiators. “This app is not the foolproof answer, but I will tell you it will solve a lot of challenges.”
When a subscriber triggers the alarm for a critical incident on their phone, the app notifies fellow staff, 911, fire department/EMS, responding officers and commanding officers — but they, too, have to be connected to the app. Details about the property and staff are entered into the app ahead of time by the subscriber.
So far no schools, employers, or property owners in San Antonio have signed up for the app, Titus said. “We have about a dozen [private schools] right now in the area that are very interested, but they want to make sure that the police department is involved because they’re the integral part.” The chief expressed confidence in SAPD’s current active shooter policies, noting that SAPD would assume control over school district police for an active shooter incident.
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