Lansing Catholic High School to add gun-detection software system
LANSING − A Lansing-area school is the first private school in the state to deploy an artificial intelligence-based gun-detection system as part of its security system, according to the company that makes the software.
Lansing Catholic High School is using state aid to pay for the video analytics platform, the vendor, ZeroEyes, said in a news release. It wasn't clear whether the system is already operating at the high school.
"While we already have a robust security system, with campus-wide cameras and a lockout boot system, when I saw the ZeroEyes demo and realized how significantly it reduces law enforcement response time during an active shooter event, I knew that adopting the solution for our school was a no-brainer," Lansing Catholic High School President Dominic Iocca said in the news release.
Officials did not release the cost of the system.
The gun-detection system is layered onto existing video security equipment and is designed to stop gun-related violence, the company said in a news release. It's designed to automatically identify guns when they become visible and alert school officials within seconds.
Former military personnel monitor video feeds around the clock to verify accuracy, the company said on its website.
The Pennsylvania-based ZeroEyes has military, commercial and education clients, including public school districts in 19 states, the company said.
It wasn't clear how many Michigan K-12 school districts are using the gun-detection software system, but they include Oxford and Vassar high schools, ZeroEyes said. The system was installed at Oxford High School this spring following the Nov. 30 mass shooting that killed four students and injured seven other people.
Oxford in August also installed biometric scanner kiosks at three entrances at the high school, the Detroit News reported. The school district also planned to use a weapons detecting dog at the high school, the newspaper reported.
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This article originally appeared on Lansing State Journal: Lansing Catholic High School to use artificial intelligence to detect guns
