This is Fixable

Philosophically, what matters the most to this team? Besides keeping the kids safe; its keeping our society safe. We want to walk into a classroom and look into the eyes of not only our students, but also our parents, teachers, school administrators and everyone who believes our youngest and most vulnerable members should be able to go about their daily lives without the strain of wondering when the next lightning bolt is going to strike. P.R.I.M.M.E. core members must be able to envision a solemn trust in us to do the right thing. We need to look into their eyes and say, with confidence, that we spent the money, we hired the best, and we solved it.

P.R.I.M.M.E. Reasoning

There are slightly over 1.2 million sworn full time police officers in the United States; federal, state and local. Our country pays these officers an average salary of $61,000.00 a year, excluding overtime. If you multiply 1.2m by 61k, that equals, roughly $73.2B dollars each year. If we then consider that our police force grew to this number, from 1999 to today, we spent about $1.2T on law enforcement in the last 20 years.

Over that same period of time, 237 children were murdered in their schools. Of those who were murdered, 12 separate incidents involved more than 3 children. If we go back to 1940, looking at the graph below; we notice an alarming trend. Each red line represents a single incident of murder at a school, since 1940. We spent a lot of money to investigate, arrest, try and convict those responsible. This paradigm must change.

In order to change that paradigm, we must work together, as a team, like nothing the world has ever seen. So DLPS has developed a philosophical starting point. A set of core operating principles from which everyone on the team should judge themselves and their actions.

P.R.I.M.M.E. Philosophy

In order to create a workable solution in the shortest amount of time possible, philosophically, we have to consider how we problem solve as well as what problems we expect to solve. The project assumes that we are in a sinking van, with 5 adults and 7 children inside. Our immediate concern is to save all 12 occupants. We are not going to save all 12, if we don't prioritize our actions. We aren't going to save any, if we build ego; use the wrong tools, or waste time discussing who's more worthy to unbuckle the seat belt of little Jimmy. So here are the rules:

• No more murdered kids.
• We all bear the benefit and the burden of truth.
• Science is KING.
• Culture is QUEEN.
• Delay is cancer.
• We sign up, we play nice, we help out, we fulfill our roles, we accomplish the mission.
• Everyone shines or no one shines.
• Ideology is NOT a basis for reason.
• Mission makes message.

This project is asking that each contribution is given with the expectation that this is a winnable war. Just like we started fighting the battle for fire prevention, airport security, and no-smoking. The justice protection and safety services must accept responsibility for what happens past this point. This problem is fixable - now. Since our industry is capable of solving it, why not start right now?

P.R.I.M.M.E. will not wait any longer. We have a plan and a promise

Our plan is simple - define what the problem is, think up a solution, engineer it, and build it, then distribute it. Our promise is that we will deliver a system that if implemented, as designed, will save lives.

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Version

1.1.3 (7/27/2018)