LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Lansing Catholic High School (LCHS), a private school in mid-Michigan, announced on Thursday that they are deploying an A.I. system to be able to detect guns in their school in real time.
The system, ZeroEyes, will be integrated into their security system. The school is using state funds to pay for this video analytics platform and the company has a link on their website to show schools how to take advantage of Michigan’s SEC-97 PA144 funding to prevent school shootings.
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Their system is the only A.I. gun detection software that holds the US Dept. of Homeland Security SAFETY Act Designation and meets all of the bills requirements and Michigan school districts only have until 7 a.m. EDT on Monday, October 17th to apply for the state funding.
ZeroEyes, according to their website, is an “A.I. weapons detection platform that helps identify threats at first sight, integrating with existing IP security cameras to play one component of its overall security process, and provide security personnel and first responders with real-time information needed to keep people safe.”
LCHS President, Dominic Iocco, said in the press release, “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.”
He went on to say, “Now that state funding is available, I encourage all Michigan schools decision makers to take a close look at this proactive technology. Even schools that don’t have cameras yet could use this funding to deploy cameras and ZeroEyes at the same time.”
LCHS is the first private school in Michigan to deploy ZeroEyes and the first school in Michigan to use the state funding to do so. ZeroEyes was founded by a group of former Navy SEAL team leaders and their system has been implemented in 19 states in K-12 public school districts to protect staff and students, including Michigan’s Vassar School and also Oxford High School where a school shooting took place in November of 2021.
The software is reported to be able to alert school administrators, safety personnel and local law enforcement within three to five seconds of detecting a gun.
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Weapon detections are monitored at ZeroEyes by former law enforcement and U.S. military specialists around the clock from their in-house operations center (ZOC) so they can give accurate and actionable intelligence for active shooter incidents, including what the shooter’s location and appearance.
