PHILADELPHIA, PA — ZeroEyes has deployed its artificial intelligence-based gun detection system across a Kansas public school district using state grant funding, extending the Philadelphia company’s footprint in a school-security market focused on accelerating responses to potential firearm threats.
Wamego USD 320, a rural district serving nearly 1,600 students in southwest Pottawatomie County, Kansas, acquired the system through the Kansas Safe and Secure Firearm Detection Grant Program administered by the state attorney general’s office, according to ZeroEyes.
The district operates two elementary schools, one middle school and one high school. ZeroEyes did not disclose the value of the deployment.
The technology is being added to an existing security framework that includes secured entrances, surveillance cameras, an exterior-door badge system and a school resource officer.
ZeroEyes’ software works with existing digital security cameras to identify images that may contain a firearm. Potential detections are transmitted to the company’s operations center, where personnel trained in military or law-enforcement backgrounds review the images around the clock.
If reviewers determine that an image represents a valid threat, ZeroEyes sends information to law enforcement and school security personnel, including a visual description, firearm type and last known location. The company says alerts can be transmitted within seconds of detection.
The system is designed to shorten the time between the appearance of a firearm on camera and notification of responding authorities rather than replace the district’s existing physical-security measures.
“In the event of a gun-related event, the speed of communication with law enforcement dispatch could make all the difference,” Wamego Assistant Superintendent Scott Meitler said. He cited the system’s ability to provide responding officers with information about the location of a potential shooter.
The Kansas deployment also illustrates the role of public funding in school adoption of weapons-detection technology. The district used a statewide grant program specifically established to support firearm-detection measures.
ZeroEyes Chief Executive Officer Mike Lahiff pointed to the Kansas grant program as a mechanism allowing schools to add real-time detection capabilities to existing campus security systems.
Philadelphia-based ZeroEyes develops AI-assisted weapons detection and threat-intelligence technology for use with existing camera networks.
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