The system, which authorities say was put in place about a week ago, prevented a "much larger tragedy,” Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey said.
  • Ilovethebomb@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    4 months ago

    Over time batteries will die and the badge system will become useless unless everyone gets new badges once a semester.

    Or, you know, change the battery. Which would take seconds per unit if you’re doing a whole bunch of them.

    • hddsx@lemmy.caEnglish
      12·
      4 months ago

      Which would lead to a gap in protection. It’s also not clear if the battery is easily serviced

      • Ilovethebomb@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        4 months ago

        For a matter of seconds as someone chucks a new battery in the badge, sure.

        There’s not a lot of information about how the system actually works, but schools are typically quite budget conscious organisations, so I can’t imagine just throwing out the badge when the battery dies would go down well.