Innovative high school students help SWAT team stay safe

Maxwell High School of Technology students are helping to keep members of the Gwinnett County SWAT team safe by designing a new camera mount.

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. - Some young innovators in Gwinnett County have come up with a solution to make area SWAT members safer while on duty.

Students at Maxwell High School of Technology have designed a camera mount for the Lilburn Police Department’s SWAT team.

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The city uses a barrel style camera which couldn’t mount to the team member’s helmets without interfering with their hearing protection.

One of the SWAT team members is a graduate of Maxwell and decided to take the problem to them.

The students quickly took up the task of finding a solution to the problem.

They ended up designing new mounts that can be attached to the helmets.

The new pieces can be created using a 3D printer.

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