Former FBI special agent insists there are ‘a lot’ of high tech solutions to counter school shootings

Former FBI special agent John Iannarelli appeared last night to talk to Fox News’ Shannon Bream about possible technological and other solutions to prevent tragedies like the recent mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas from happening again.

In the aftermath of the horrific shooting, in which the murderer slew 19 children and two teachers, people have been searching for a way to prevent these horrors from happening again. And although the ultimate cause seems to be a deep and abiding spiritual rot afflicting the country and Western civilization at large, which is something neither legislation nor technology can fix, some have proposed certain measures that can at least make these mass shootings less prevalent.

Shannon Bream began the “Fox News @ Night” segment by replaying an earlier interview Sean Hannity conducted with Pat Brosnan, a former NYPD detective who spoke about the possibility of installing “man traps” as a potential deterrent against the kind of attack seen on Tuesday. She then asked Iannarelli about the feasibility of such measures.

“So John, how practical is something like that?” she asked.

“Shannon, it’s very practical,” Iannarelli replied. “There’s a lot of technological solutions that are available for deployment in schools. For example, a notification system to let everybody in the school know what’s happening and simultaneously notify the police what school and where in the school the shooter is. That technology is out there, and we need to implement it.”


(Video: Fox News)

Bream then turned to Mo Canady, Executive Director of the National Association of School Resource Officers.

“Yeah, Mo, what can we implement with the technology we currently have, that’s—you hate to say cost-effective, because every life is completely priceless, and of the deepest value—but I know for convincing people to pass budgets and install things in schools, how do we solve that in a way that utilizes something practical and available now?”

Canady explained that there are several options available, including what is called “target hardening.”

“But they also have to have a good policy and procedure around them,” he added. “I think that, you know, some of these incidents should be driving us toward looking at more of these types of technologies. But I think we also have to couple that with understanding the human element of this. We need carefully-selected, specifically-trained SROs [school resource officers] to counter some of these issues. They can do it, they have done it. So there are a number of things that we can do to improve these situations in the school environment.”

Bream also discussed the possibility of further protective measures, including constructing schools with single-entry and single-exit points and potentially training teachers to be armed in the case of an active shooter situation. Ultimately, however, there were no really good solutions, something Bream conceded at the close of the segment.

“It is a lot to ask,” she said. “Listen, we’re asking a lot of tough questions, right now, and trying to find solutions.”

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8 thoughts on “Former FBI special agent insists there are ‘a lot’ of high tech solutions to counter school shootings

  1. After the shootings at Sandy Hook and Parkland, as well as other mass shootings and bombings, nothing has been implemented to stop the problem. A start would be to finish the wall at the Southern border, round up all the illegals and return them to their country. Background checks on gun sales should be taken much more seriously by the authorities. The recent shooter had obvious emotional problems which should have been a red flag. Question: Why would an 18 YO Mexican boy need two long guns? Was he given a drug test? Where were his parents? Were they illegals deported and the child left with questionable grandparents? So many questions need to be answered before selling a gun to anyone. I wish I had a solution.
    Bottom line: God Bless the little children that were killed and help their parents cope with the tragedy. God Bless the teachers that died trying to stop the massacre. And God Bless the BP and Police Officers. 🙏🏻

  2. If the FBI suggests it, it will either be useless, or it will further reduce/restrict the freedoms of ordinary citizens.

  3. A ` militia of trusted armed teachers is the simple and effective countermeasure .

  4. Here’s a HIGH TECH solution !!!! (not so, but would work)—> Since Sandy Hook…..that was 2012-13…..I was PLEADING on blog sites like this…..why isn’t there uniformly-controlled-access to schools like we have for ANY Federal or State government building? Have a single point-of-entry with a guard house you need to pass through first, and then metal detection screening in the lobby? Is that so hard? Doesn’t have to be all-so HIGH TECH, just rational/normal thoughts. It needn’t look militaristic….just sensible. But NO…..the COST they say….so it seems protecting govt employees at Federal and State buildings is more important. Is that what I’m hearing? Of course here come the new wave of “we need sensible gun laws” (Biden and his handlers are already saying that) . To those that think this way…..think again…..there is a large group of people who do ( and will) work in the confines of laws….and there is a smaller group (criminals) who don’t. Those who don’t follow laws altogether ( those doing the killing)…. will not follow a new, added law. Idiots.

    1. Absolutely. After Sandy Hook even a study by the Federal government suggested this and several other SIMPLE, common sense solutions. But nobody implemented or paid any attention. When will we learn. The criminally insane attack schools precisely because that are SOFT targets and they are cowards. But, I’m sorry to say the left doesn’t really want to stop this anymore than they care about the dozens of kids getting gunned down in our city streets every day. They want to use this as an emotional issue to confiscate guns from law ebbing citizens and destroy the second amendment; which is really about armed citizens protecting themselves from the tyranny of government.

    2. Keep in mind who the shooters are-
      1% of the population demographics.
      Many have no Father in the picture.

  5. Know why Israel doesn’t have these shootings? Because the teachers may be armed. Maybe, just maybe, they understand some basic issues in this regard. Ya think? There might be a lesson here, if we are smart enough to get it. Just saying….

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