Johnson City police are training with a new technology that could better protect schools in situations such as the one in Parkland Florida.

Police are using a virtual reality, 3D scanner-like technology. The technology will take images of the entire school grounds.

“Basically it takes a picture and we can pull it up on our computer– we can look at the hallways, the classrooms, learn the layouts,” said Chief Karl Turner.

“We’ll be able to see the measurements of the ground to the window, so then we can know what size ladder we need to get into the building. We’ll know how big a certain area is– a classroom,” said Turner.

The scan would give Police an image of the room along with any obstacles as well as any areas that could be used as potential hiding places.